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Tha  imagas  appaaring  hara  arm  tha  baat  quality 
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filming  contract  spacificationa. 


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sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  a(  propriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
aion,  and  ending  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  iilustratad  impraaaion. 


L'sxamplaira  film*  fut  raproduit  grica  i  la 
gAnirositi  da: 

Bibliothdque 
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Laa  imagaa  suivantas  ont  iti  raproduitaa  &vac  la 
piua  grand  soin.  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  da  I'axamplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformiti  avac  laa  conditiona  du  contrat  da 
fllmaga. 

Laa  axamptairas  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
pap'ar  aat  imprimte  sont  filmis  an  commandant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
darniAra  page  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'Impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration,  soit  par  la  sacond 
plat,  salon  la  caa.  Toua  laa  autras  axamptairas 
originaux  sont  filmte  an  commandant  par  la 
pramiAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'Impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration  at  an  tarminant  par 
la  darnidra  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 


Tha  laat  recordad  frama  on  aach  microficha 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  —4»(  meaning  "CON> 
T1NUED"),  or  tha  symbol  y  (moaning  "END"), 
whichavar  appliaa. 


Un  daa  symboiaa  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
damiAra  imaga  da  chaqua  microficha,  salon  la 
caa:  la  symbols  — *•  signifie  "A  3UIVRE",  la 
symbols  V  signifia  "FIN". 


Maps,  platas,  charts,  ate,  may  ba  filmad  at 
diffarant  raduction  ratioa.  Thoaa  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraiy  includad  in  ona  axposura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  laft  hand  comar,  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  framaa  aa 
raquirad.  Tha  following  diagrama  iiluatrata  tha 
mathod: 


Laa  cartaa,  planchaa.  tablaaux,  ate,  pauvant  dtra 
filmia  A  daa  taux  da  rMuction  diffirants. 
Lorsqus  la  documant  aat  trop  grand  pour  Stra 
raproduit  an  un  scui  clichi,  ii  eat  film*  i  partir 
da  I'angia  hup4riaur  gaucha,  da  gaucha  i  droita, 
at  do  haut  an  baa,  an  pranant  la  nombrn 
d'imagaa  n^caaaaira.  Lac  diagrammas  suivants 
iliuatrant  la  methods. 


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CATALOGUE 


OF    THE 


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Davenport  Herbarium" 


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NORTH    AMERICAN 

FERNS 


NORTH  OF  MEXICO 


Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society, 


BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS,  U.  S. 


WITH    NAMES     OF     DONORS     AND    COLLECTORS,     LOCALITIES,    GEO- 

ORAPIHCAL    RANGE,    CRITICAL    NOTES,    AND     AN     APPENDIX 

CONTAINING    A    LIST    OF    ALL    DOUBTFUL    SPECIES, 

AND  THOSE  HERETOFORE  ERRONEOUSLY 

CREDITED    TO    THIS    REGION. 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AUTHOR. 
1879. 


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PREFATORY     NOTE. 


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The  >s,K.cial  ohjcct  in  p„l.lishin;,r  ,  cataL.jrue  of  the  -  Davenpct 
ncrhanu.n  ,s  t„  make  its  claims  upon  the  cnsidcration  „f  col- 
lectors more  widely  known. 

The  herharium  now  contains  specimens  of  every  authentic  species 
ot  the  terns  at  present  known  to  inhabit  North  America,  north  of 
Mexico  3et  some  of  the  rarer  species  are  i.nperfectly  represented, 
and  lack  those  esse.itials  of  jrood  herharium  specimen's,  caudex  and 
'oots.  1  hese  I  am  anxious  to  improve,  and  also  to  complete  the 
collection,  as  or>j,nnally  planned,  hy  the  addition  of  copious  suites 
ot  specmiens  w.th  caudex  and  roots,  from  widely  ditVerent  localities 
s.)  as  to  exhibit  the  plants  in  all  sta-es  of  their  development,  as  it  is 
only  by  a  caret.d  study  and  comparison'  of  the  specimens  in  such  •, 
collectum  that  a  correct  knowledge  of  the  diHerent  species  can  be 
ohtamed. 

Fuller  suites  of  the  ferns  of  Texas,  Arixona  and  New  Mexico,  and 
also  ot  the  rarer  species  from  Califor.iia  and  Florida,  are  particnlarlv 
desired,  and  such  specimens  are  earnestly  solicited. 

I  have  endeavored  as  far  as  possible  to  bring  this  Catalo-ue  into 
contorm.ty  with  l>rof.  Eaton's  work  on  the  -Ferns  of  North  Amer- 
.ca  and  have  o.dy  ventured  to  dirter  from  that  distinguished  author- 
ity when  specal  investigations  have  led  me  to  adopt  opinions  which, 
ni  justice  to  myself,  I  feel  obliged  to  retain. 

I  fully  appreciate  Prof.  Eaton's  great  knowledge  of  ferns  and  his 
superior  facilities  for  the  determination  of  specimens,  which  make 
.t  pleasauter  always  to  coincide  with  his  views,  and  I  desire  to  record 
Here  my  high  regard  for  his  judgment. 

r  am  greatly  indebted  to  him.  and  to  my  friend  Mr.  Robinson  for 
unitormly  kind  encouragement,  without  which  it  is  doubtful  if  I 
should  have  ventured  so  tUr  in  the  direction  in  which  I  have  been 
working,  and  for  which  this  acknowledgement  seems  to  me  a  verv 
poor  return. 


'Torrey  Club  Bulletin,  VI,  51. 


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Irnin  Mr.  Robinson's  luTlnirium  caim-  llu'  orifjjinjil  specimens 
iil)ont  wliicli  I  liiiNf  fjiatlured  the  present  collection,  and  he  lias 
watclu'd  its  growth  with  no  less  interest  tiian  nivscU".  and  with  as 
much  ])leasnre  as  he  could  have  done  had  it  been  his  own.  '['he 
2-/herl)arium  now  contains  32  j^enera.  i.jt^  species  (twn- species,  ll'otx/-  / "^ 
CUj»C»i.Uvw»  wanfiu  nnficniis  and  Asf^iiliniii  iiiiiti<iii.  l)ein<j;  oidy  represented 
within  our  limits  hy  their  varieties),  and,  as  herein  recoj^ni/.ed.  16  va- 
rieties. Oneoftiie  latter,  vnr.  I'loriiianinn.  i^i  As />/'(/ i  tun  crt'sta- 
tnni,  mav  prol)al)i\  he  eventually  tiansteried  permanently  to  the  list 
of  species,  and  we  may  confidently  expect,  from  the  frequency  of  late 
discoveries,  still  further  additions  to  our  North  American  ferns. 

In  the  recognition  of  varieties  1  have,  perhaps,  drawn  the  lines 
closer  than  some  will  he  willin<>f  to  appro\e.  hut  I  could  not  con- 
sistentlv  with  my  o  vri  views  do  otherwise.  For  example:  in  the 
case  of  ferns  havini>'  the  mar>ifins  of  their  fronds  or  pimia'  normally 
serrate  it  does  not  seem  well  to  make  varieties  out  of  specimens  that 
merely  h..\e  their  serratures  or  incisions  a  little  deeper  than  usual  — 
unless  there  are  other  well  marked  dillerences  of  character,  as  in  the 
\ariet\  iricisiiiii  of  Asplvniitni  'I'rirlioiiiain's.  where  the  pinnie  arc 
not  only  deeply  incised,  hut  elonj^ated  to  such  a  dej^ree  as  to  chanjj^e 
tiie  whole  appearance  of  the  plant  and,  in  some  specimens  at  least, 
confuse  it  with  small  specimens  of  another  species  (.1.  cf>c>/<'/im)  — 
as  it  is  only  natural  for  such  serratures  and  incisions  to  \arv  in  a 
•ijreater  or  less  degree.  But  in  the  case  of  ferns  with  their  mar<rins 
normally  entire  such  serratures  or  incisions,  if  constant,  may  he  con- 
sidered as  deviations  from  normal  characters  sutHciently  distinct  to 
justify  oiu"  re<^ardin<r  them  as  <j[(>od  \  arieties  :  or  vvhere  individual 
plants  exhibit  well  marked  and  ])ermanent  differences  of  habit  or 
structure,  such  ditl'erences  are  entitled  to  reco<^nition.  In  accordance 
with  these  views  I  have  thrown  all  cpiestionable  varieties  into  brackets 
in  the  notes  under  the  specific  luadinj^s  —  retainin*^  them  in  that  form 
simply  as  a  matter  of  record — ^and  «'i\en  separately  all  forms  that  I 
am  disposed  to  recogni/e  as  <j;ood  varieties,  or  whose  claims  to  that 
consideration  1  am  not  prepared  at  present  to  cpiestion. 

The  ji^eo<j;raphical  notes  to  the  nenera  are  based  on  Mr.  John  IT. 
Redfield's  admirable  paper  ori  the  ••  ( leoj^raphical  Distribution  of 
the  I'\'rns  of  \orth  America."  published  in  Torrey  Club  JJulletin. 
\'oi.  VI.  No.  I.  (Jan.  1S75).  In  this  paper  Mr.  Redfield  has  dis- 
tributed our  species  into  six  j^eojjraphical  divisions,  as  follows: 


1.   •■  CosMopoi.rr.w  :   widely  distriiiuted  over  the  <iflobe.  in  both  tem- 
perate and  tropical  re<i"ions. 


IMIKI    \TOIIV    NOTK 


11.   '  BoHKAi. :   inhiil)itin<r  (with  a  t 


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tioii  oftJu-  I'nitfd  Stnt 


ptioiis)  the  iiortheni  por- 


iincrica,  some  s 


cs.  extcii(liii},'tlir<)ii<rl,  Canada  and  Mritisl 

...  ,  l'^"^'^''^^'^^''"-^""i^lii"^'  Labrador,  Greenland  and 

Alaska  and  nearly  all  represented  also  in  the  n<,rthern  portions 
ol   llie  old  world. 

.   •An.Ar.AcmAN:  extending  throuKlio.it  the  mountain  and  hilly 
rejr.ous  of  the  states  east  of  the  Mississippi,  „Ctcn   f.   the  coast 
i"Hl  northward  into  Canada,  and  in  a  few  instances  also  inhal.it- 
inj^  the  old  world. 

•  l'Acii.ic:  extending  alono  the  western  l.order  of  the  continent 
at  p(.nits  tro.n  Alaska  to  California,  and  in  a  tew  cases  appear- 
\Uii  also  m  the  Rocky  momitain  region. 

•  Nkw  Mkxkan  :  inhal.itin-  the  central  momitain  regions  of  New 
Mexico  and  Colorado,  .nany  of  the  species  extending  thence  into 
Mexico,  and  some  even  to  South  America,  and  a  few  of  them 
also  occurring  in  California. 

•  'I-HoiMCAr. :  inhabiting  the  l.order  of  tlie  Gulf  of  Mexico,  most 
ot  the  species  extending  into  the  West  Indies  and  Tropical 
America." 


The  changes  m  n,.menclature  have  been  made  in  accordance  with 
the  auth(.r,ty  ot  Pn.f.  Eaton,  whose  explanations  in  the  forthcominc^ 
numbers  ot  the  "  Ferns  of  No,th  America"  will  be  h.oke.l  for  with 
much  mterest. 

I  propose  now  to  add  to  the  herbarium  the  remaining  vascular 
CoTtoganis  ..t  the  United  .States,  ^nd  s,.licit  specimens  for  that  pm- 

All  ccMifibutions,  either  of  such  plants  or  of  new  or  rare  fVrns 
w.ll  be  thankfully  acknowledge<l,  and  duplicate  specimens  of  other 
species  sent  in  exchange,  if  .ksired.  whenever  possible. 

(iEO.  K.  DAVLNPORT. 


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AUTHFJNTIC 

NORTH    AMERICAN    SPECIES 

IN     IHI-:    IIICRMAKKTM. 


fi.st  pages  of  my  Catalogue  were  printed,  some  speci- 
gh  forvvan  hy  Mr.  Faxon,  have  led  t<,  an  investij,Sion 
^s  thatthe  lohpodatm  pcctinatum  of  Linnaeus  hari,ecn 


Since  the 
mens,  brongl 

"u>te^\:"c'gni"U        ""'™°  "P*^"- "■l>'-'-  l--">f-  only  "no 

Polypodium  pectinatum,  L. 

Florida  .-Enterprise,  C.  E.  Faxon,  April,  1S77  ;  Halifax  Riv- 

Banks  of  streams  m  hummocks,"  Dr.  Garber,  1.  c.     -O, 
the  ground,  rarely  on  trees,"  Miss  Reynolds,  in  litt. 

Polypodium  Plumula,  H.  b.  k. 

Florida  :  Enterprise,  on  trunks  of  trees  with  /'.  pectinatum 

ub.  C.  E.  Faxon),   ,875  ;   14  miles  west  of  St.  August  no 
^m  deep  vvoods  on  live  oak  trees,"    Miss  Reynolds"    877  : 
Ocala,  Marion  Co     VV.  H.  Shockley,  Mch.,  1878.  ^^  ' 

parts'incd      "  "''''"^^'*'""  ^^'^  "  F'^'"«  "^  North  America"- 


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NOR  111    AMERICAN    SPECIES 

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ACROSTICHUM.     L. 


the 


AX  extcns.vc.  j,aMu.s  ..f  tn.pical  fens  i„cUulin«  seven,!  jrn.tips  ,. 
sn  ,-sccl.<.n.s.  the  single  species  within  our  limits  heloM^inL'  to  th< 
siil)-secti<)ii  f  7//;i',sv)f//V/w.  Fee. 

Acrostichum  (SChrysodium)  aureum,  I.. 

Hon.la:  In.Nan  River.  Dr.  K.luanl  I'ahner.  ,874;  M, 
Aid  kS,,.  '.ast  I.  lorula  M.ss  Mary  C.  Revimlds  (ex.  herh 
Mel!::  .S7S."'^"    '    ^  ^'"""'''   ^''"-     ''•■"•   '^-   '  •  ^''"••'<-''^ 

I'vcis.        I),.  (,ari)er  in  Bot.  (Jazette,  Oct.  1.S7S. 

POLYPODIUM.    r.. 

TUK  h.r-est  -enns  of  ferns,  widely  distriln.ted.  o,m-  North  Ameri- 
can spec.es  tew  m>  n.nnher.  an.l.  with  two  exceptions,  as  noted  l)eIow 
ound  .,n„wM,f,  on  rocks  (,r  trees.     In  their  ^eoj^raphical  ranj^e,  with' 
he  exception  <,    P.  vu^^nm:  which  extends  eastward  throughout  the 
hdly  R-,on  to  the  coast,  an.l  northwanl  into  Cana.la.  thev  helon.^  to 
llie  1  acific  and   Tropical  divisions.      Kedfield.  1.  c.  '^ 

.Polypodium  Plumula,  H.  M.  K. 

ICnterprise.   Fia..  C.  F.  Faxon.  April     iS?! 
(iarl.er.  Mch..  1S7.S.  ''^' 


ilAij.—  iianks  of  streams  in  Innnniod 


Nfanatee.   Dr. 
Dr.  (iarher.  I.e. 


iN/l-      litthany.  W.  \'a..  1 
toria.  X'ancoiner's 


,j.  ,       ,  .-  - son, 

Richardson.  Oct..  1878.      Wc- 


sland  (Tv/r.  orrhh'utah;  H.).    I>n,f.  f„|,„ 


c ATAi-OGfi:  oi     rill': 


Miicoiiii.  Dec.  12.  1S73.  The  var.  CahihricKiii  lias  l)C'fn  re- 
ceived hv  I'rof.  Eaton  fVoiu  Conn,  and  New  \'oik  .'""tate.  (Ferns 
ot"  N.  .\..  p.  141.) 

Nf)TK. — 1  wish  to  call  the  attent!.)n  of  botanists  to  the  venation 
in  this  species.  It  is  supposed  always  to  have  free  veins,  hut 
1  have  in  two  instances  —  once  in  a  specimen  from  Mass..  and 

0  .ce  in  ;■  sjiecimen  from  Orejijon  —  detected  a  union  of  the 
lower  series  of  veins  in  tiie  l)ase  of  a  sinjj;le  pinna.  Such  iso- 
lated instances,  that  mav  have  been  wholly  accidental,  have  no 
special  value,  except  as  they  indicate  tin,'  possiliility  of  their 
occurrin<4  ayain.  and  in  a  'greater  dej^ree,  hut  it  will  he  well  to 
make  a  note  of  all  such  occurrences  that  come  under  our  ob- 
servation. L  have  a  stronj^  suspicion  that  all  of  our  Pacific  Polv- 
podumis.  with  the  exception  of/'.  Sconleri.  are  mere  forms  of 
one  species  of  which  /'.  Viilgarc  is  the  type.  This  will  ap- 
pear in  no  wav  improbable  if  we  take  into  consideration  the 
r<.>markal)le  forms  described  and  Hj^ured  by  the  Eni^lish  authors, 
and  such  invest;*-  Jons  as  are  here  reconmiended  may  help  to 
determine  this  question.  1  shall  be  greatly  obliged  to  any  one 
who  will  cominrmicate  to  me  specimens  of  /',  I  'nlgarc  with 
the  slightest  tendency  on  the  part  of  the  veins  to  unite. 

Polypodium  falcatum,  Kkmixji;. 

Oregon  1S7S  :  W  asiiington  Territory,  on  basalt  rocks.  Dec. 
1S76.  [oseph  Howell;  including  some  fine  specimens  with 
fronds  ha\  ing  pinna-  with  entire  margins,  and  others  with  deep- 
l\.  almost  inciseh'  serrated  margins  on  the  same  rootstalk. 

NoTK. —  Mr.  liaker  (Svn.  Fil.  Hooker  and  liaker)  regards 
this  fern  as  a  ff)rm  of  P.  I  iilgarc.  and  it  certaiidy  ajjpears  to 
run  directh  into  that  species,  as  a  fine  series  of  specimens  kind- 
Iv  furnished  to  me  l)y  Mr.  Howell  shows;  but  as  I  have  had 
no  opportunit\  to  examine  them  as  carefidly  as  1  woukl  like  to. 

1  retain  the  specific  name  here  in  accordance  with  the  views 
of  Prof.  Haton. 

Polypodium  Californicum,  Ka-  1 1 . 

'/'.  i'i/fcn,/ci///t///.  J/.  <(•  .1.) 

California  (.Sierras. ').  Miller.  iSj-^:  Mt.  Diablo.  ^Mameda, 
Cal..  Dr.  Win.  P.  Gibbons.  i87_(  ;"  Santa  Cru/.  Dr.  C.  L.  An-' 
derson.  1S74-6;  San  Dietr  ».  D.  Cleveland.  1S75-S ;  Santa 
Harl)ara.  .\Irs.  Sarah  i*.  (liUwood)  Cooper.  1876-8;  Plumas 
Co..  1876.  San  Jose.  1877,  Mrs.  Maiv  \\.  Pnlsifer  .\mes;  Vuba 
Co..  Miss  Emily  O,  Pelton.  1877-8:'  Napa  \'alley.  r<ev.  E.  L. 


dreene.  18 


/-■>■ 


NO  IK. —  1  have  long  been  inclined  to  regard  /'.  i  aliforiii- 
runi.  Kaii.k.  and  P.  if/fcniici///on.  \\.&.\..,\s  identical. 
The  s'>p|)ose(l  difierence  in  tlie  venation  does  not  hold  good, 
as  it  is  not  uncommon  to  find  specimens  with  the  veins  partly 
anastomose  and  partlv  free  in  the  same  frond.  It  is  to  be  re- 
. narked,  however,  that  in  specimens  from  northern  California 
and  the  interior   mountain  ranges,  tiie  veins  are  nearly  alvvavs 


I>A\  KM'oitT    IIEKBARIU 


M. 


•  te,  while  m  those  from  tlie  coast  ranfre  thcv  are  oftener  anas- 
tomose,  or  partly  so.     The  other  dii^^cnc.  are  onl    such  ^s 
we  may  expect  to  find  in  a  lar-e  series  of  specimens     fuw 
spaces  from  clirterent  Ic>calities:<>r  sometimc^cTen  fij.„    £ 
•same  locahty.     The  difference  in  the  texture  of  differed""  pec- 
.mens  ,s  very  ^reat.      T.ome  of  Dr.  Anderson's   San^  3 ru. 
..pecnncns  are  so  thm  and  membranaceous  as  to  be   almos 
runsparent  and  show  the  venation  beautifullv.     I  havJ  s  2 
ar  fronds  from   Santa   I^arbara  (Mrs.  Cooper),  and  smXe 
th.s  to  be  owmg,  partly  at  lerst.  to  the  pla.lts  ^rou  ng       d  ' 
■sliade  of  trees,  or  other  vec^etation,  as  other  specimen    tVo       1  e 

tcxtuiL.  and  ha\e  the  vems  more  concealed.  Mr.  Clevelmd's 
specunens.  from  S.n  Diego,  are  of  the  latter  class,  but  i  os' 
<W  my  specnm-ns  from  the  coast  region  the  venation  is  ea  ily 

i"h  T  ;  :•'  ^'' r  ''  .''"'  ^^  '"•''^■"'^  '^^^  specimens  up  to  the 
I.Sht.  In  recedmg  from  the  coast  inland  through  the  mo.m- 
tamous  regions  the  species  acquires  a  still  firmer  texture'ml 
approaches  sometnnes  inconvenientlv  near  to  /'.  1',,/n-arr 
Some  of  M.ss  Pelton's  Yuba  Co.  specimens,  and  Mr.  MilleA 
.specn-.ens  from  the  Sierras  are  in  no  wa^•  different  from  /^ 
l/^jr^rrciu  texture,  but  are  distinguishable  from  that  species 
;.y  he  objong  soru  and  the  broader,  ovate  fronds.  An  ex;^m' 
inationot  a  ser.es  of  specimens  of  the  two  forms  heretofore 
given  on  our  Check-hsts  as  distinct  species  from  their  entire 
.ange  m  Ca hforn.a  will  not  reveal  difference  enough  between 

e  different  specmiens    fron)  the    coast    region.  .Tr    hetwee 
those  of  t!ie  coast  region  and  the  inland,  or  northern  region 
extenchng  to    the  Sierras,  to  n.ake  it    possible  to  draw'^      v 
jn  el  ,^,lde  hue  of  separation,  and  J   am   of  the  opinion       at 
1)1.  hooker  was  nghl  ,n  uniting  the  two  forms  mider  the  one 
.sjx>af.c   name    of   />.    Ca/^^fo,■,,/n,m,    (Svn.   Fil.    II.   .S:   B  ) 
Felt  o?x\-ir''x"'  ':'"*^'-'>  t"  have  ado,ned  the  same  view  in 
1  cms  (,f  Noith  America,  p.  120.  as  he  omits  /'.  intvrmccfium 
from  our  list  of  I'olypodiums.  ">nna,7in, 

Sra.  Not..;.- Since  writing  the  above  note.  Parts  X  and  XI 
of  the   ••l-erns  of  North   America."  have  appeared,  in  which 

1  .of.  Laton  has  hnally  united  the  two  for.ns'  luuler  the  prese 
spec.hc  name   but  separated  them  into  two  varieties  as  follows  • 
a    var.  kanljuj^u  :  /,.  -,ar.  /nfcrmcdhn,,.      A  con,p;uison  of 

-s  .emarks  w.th   mv  own  will   show  an  ap,)arent  difference 

't.p'.non.  winch.  I  suspect,  is  more  ap'parent  than  real. 
I  can  <.n  y  say  tha  my  ovvn  specimens  full\  justifV  the  remarks 
Nvh.ch  I  have  made  upon  them,  and  such  Ism^pose  to  be  the 
case  ;.lso  w.th  n.s  specimens.  Hut  this  fact  ieems  to  me  to 
show  that  It  would  be  better  to  call  them  all  bv  the  specific 
name  than  to  separate  them  into  varieties  based  upon  charac- 

e,     so  unrel.able  as  ,s  tne  1    .tnre  au.l  venation  in  this  species  : 
an(l   I  cannot  forbear  expressing  the  coiuiction  that  there   i< 


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need  of  a  more  tliorough  ei 


nuns. 


luci 


dati 


on  of  oiu-  Pacific   Polvpod- 


lO 


CAT.M.f)r,i:K    OF    TIIK 


Polypodium  incanum,  Swautz. 

Florida,  ex.  Iicrhs.  Jolui  Robinson  and  Wm.  Edwards.  IJcd- 
ford  Co..  Va.,  A.  H.  Curtiss.  Sept..  1874.  Kentiickv,  Rev. 
John  Hiissey  (ex.  herb.  C.  E.  Faxon).  1875  ;  Svcamoi'-e  trees, 
Oldham  Co.,  John  Williamson,  Aujj.,  1878.  "  Jacksonville, 
•Fla..  J.  Donne'll  Smith.  Feb..  1876. 

Polypodium  Scouleri,  H.  &  G. 

California  (Saucelito).  J.  II.  Redfield.  1872  :  Miller.  1873: 
Oct..  1S78.  from  an  unknown  source. 

Polypodium  Phy nitidis,  L. 

Florida  :  Indian  River.  Dr.  Palmer.  1S74  ;  J.  D.  Smith.  Mch.. 
1877;  Miami,  July,  1877,  Manatee,  April.' 1878,  Dr.  Garber. 
Hah. — "Confined  to  low,  humid  and  densely  shaded  hum- 
mocks."    Dr.  (ia.ber.  1.  c. 

Polypodium  aureum,  L. 

Florida:  (Enterprise)  C.  E.  Faxon.  1873;  Miami.  Dr.  Gar- 
l)er.  May.  1S77  ;  Indian  River.  J.  D.  Smith.  Mch..  1877  :  New 
Smyrna  (ex.  herb.  F.  S.  Plympton).  1878. 

II AH. — ••  Associated    always  with  the  Cabba<^e    Pal  netto. 
and  j^rowinjr  on  its  ftem."      Dr.  (Jarber.  1.  c. 

GYMNOGRAMME.     Dksx  . 

In  this  genus,  and  the  next  four  oenera,  the  droujjht-resisting  spe- 
cies largely  predominate,  and,  with  the  exception  of  Cryptogramme 
(see  note  to  that  genus),  are  most  abundant  in  the  Pacific  and  New 
Mexican  range.  A  few  species  of  Cheilanthes  penetrate  the  Tropi- 
cal division  in  the  south,  as  far  as  Florida  (see  Curtiss'  list  of  south- 
ern plants,  fascicle  ri,  1878).  and  one,  C. -'c'-sY/Vrt-,  extends  northward 
into  New  \'ork  state,  but  no  Nothohena  have  as  yet  been  recorded 
out  of  this  range.  The  Pelheas  have  a  more  extended  range,  pene- 
trating the  Tropical  region  southward,  and  the  Appalachian  division 
as  far  north  as  W-rniont  and  Canada.  One  species.  P.  ^rac/'lis.  is 
strictly  Boreal,  and  confined  to  the  northern  portion  of  the  United 
States.  These  genera  comprise  our  most  beautiful  ferns,  some  spe- 
cies of  Noti.ohena  and  Cheilanthes  being  especially  remarkable  for 
their  exqui.site  grace  and  beauty.  The  diflerent  species  are  to  be 
sought  for  in  mountainous  regions,  along  high  cliHs.  in  clefts  of  rock, 
ravines,  and  on  rockx'  hillsides. 

Gymnogramme  triangularis,  Kai  if. 

California:  Miller.  1S73  :  Dr.  (iiiibon  (Mt.  Diablo).  1874; 
Dr.  Anderson  (Santa  Cruz).  1874;  ^I''*^  Pelton  (\'uba  Co.! 
west  of  Dutch  (iap.  May.  1876).  \S'j^-'S:  Mrs.  Cooper  (Santa 
Barbara)     1876-8:     Dr.  C.   C.   Parrv  (Southern  California). 


1876. 


It  in 


nAVKNPOin-    nERRARIUM.  J, 

Note.— My  specimens  of  this  fern  include  both  the  vel- 

i  nVed    .r  r'^'^T^'r'"'  /-•■"-     ^^-'^  ^^'tte.-  is  sometimes'.^ 
puled  as  ;   variety,  but  it  is  questionable  if  it  is  entitled  to 
be  so  consideie<l       It  appears  most  frequently  among  msec" 
.."ens  trom  the  Sierras  (Mrs.  Ames).\md  interior  mountain 
an<.es  of  northern  California  (Miss  Pelton),  but  occurs  also 
^mong  my  specimens  from  soutiiern  California   (Dr.  Parrv 
Mrs    Cooper  and  Mrs.  Woodward),  and  is  probibly  distr  t 
utec    throughout  the  state  with  the  regular  form.     The  deep 
golden  colored  form   appears  most  abundant   near  the  coas? 
i-t'gion,   my  hnest  specimens  coming  from   Santa  Cru/   (Dr 
Anderson),  and  Santa  Barbara  (Mrs.  Cooper).     I  Hnd  a  re- 
u  ar  gnulatmn  ot  color  from  pure  white  to  golden  yellow  fn 
the  pulverulent  powder  of  the  present  species,  and  this  is  not 
uncommoi.  m  other  farinaceous  ferns,      ft  is  especiall v  notice- 
al^k,    in  .\ot/,ohc„a    cain^ida.   Hookkr,  where   the  ■(lifierent 
colored  powc  er  appears  to  have  given  rise  to  no  little  confusion, 
soiDe  forms  having  been   described  even  as  distinct  species 
(See  Hookers  -  Species,"  and   -Synopsis  Filicum,"  for  the 
d.Herent  synonomy  referred   in  the  latter  work  to  Not/>olcr„a 


sill pli urea.  J.  Sm!) 

Gymnogramme  hispida,  Mett. 

iexas.   Dr.   Parry.    1851.       Ariz. 


near  Fort  (irant.)    1877. 


(Tlie  <;.  fiedat'i  of  our  Clieck  Lists.) 

zona    (ex    herb.  Mrs.  Rust). 


NOTHOL^NA.    R.  \Mx. 


Notholsena  sinuata,  Km  i.k. 

Texas.  Dr.  Parry.  1S51. 

NotholsDna  ferruginea,  Hookkh. 

IVxas.  Dr.  Parry.  jS^i. 

NothplaBna  Candida,  Hooker. 

Texas.  1851  ;   Southern  California  (San   Diego  Co..'),    1876 

H  I  "■'■■i;-  ii^J''''-^  ^^"•'  ^'^«'-^  (including  var.  iJea, 
Hooker  Sp.  1 ,1.  y  p.  iii.)  D.  Cleveland,  1878^  Miss  A 1  nte 
L.  Hurbeck  (Prof  D.  C.  Eaton.  Donor),  187S.  Ne-u  S  n 
nernardino,  Cal.,  V'm.  Stout,  April  and  May,  187.^ 

Notholsena    HOOkeri,    D.  C.   Eaton.       Ken.  of  .„e  So.,...  west  ine.. 

1  exas.  Dr.  Parry,  i8t;i. 

lethUv!'p!T8:^'  "'''"'""  "''  "'"■  ^'^^'^'^-"^ts  and  Torrey  Hul- 

Notholaena  dealbata,  Kinzk. 

Kansas:  Dr.  Parry.  1873  :  James  Wilson  (Cowley  Co.),  1877. 

Notholsena  Fendleri,  Ki  xze. 

Colorado:   Dr.  Parrv.  18''!  •   T    S    M.-.n,1- /r"  -  c    . 

ArkiiKiw'!     ,vj^.     \f-"  aV'L',.,   ■  '  ■  ^^'''""cgcx-   (Canon  oi  the 
.\ikansas).  ,N74..   w  .  M.  Wilson.    1875:  Miss  Pelton.   1877: 


<  I 


12 


cATAi.or.iTK  or  Tim 


(Clear  Creek  Canon),  (ieoriretown,  Addison    lirow  n.  Ausr.  ;. 

1 878. 

Notholaena  Newberryi,  I).  C.  Eaton. 

San  I)ie<>o.  Co..  Cal..  Cleveland.  1875-8:  Dr.  Parry.  1876. 

Notholsena  Parryi,  I).  C.  Eaton. 

Utah,  near  St.  George,  1S74  ;  San  Diego  Co..  Cal..  1876.  Dr. 
Parry.  San  Jacinto  Mt..  near  Aqua  Caliente,  San  Diego  Co., 
Cal..  Win.  .Stout.  April  and  May,  1878. 

Notholaena  tenera,  (i  11.1.1  ks. 

Utah.  12  miles  southwest  from  St.  (jecirge  :  Dr.  Parrv.  1S74: 
Dr.  Palmer.  1876.  " 


CHEILANTHES.    SuAurz. 
Cheilanthes  Californica,  Mkit. 

California:  Mr.  Foster  (Santa  Barbara,  ex.  herh.  John  Rob- 
inson). 1873:  Mrs.  Cooper  (Santa  Barbara),  1876-8:  Cleve- 
land (San  Diego).  1874-8:  J.  Muir  (Yosemite.  ex.  herb.  Miss 
Pelton).  1875:  Miss  Pelton'(]^utte  Co.),  1878. 

Cheilanthes  Wrightii,  Mookkk. 

Southern  Arizona.  Dr.  Rothrock  (ex.  herb.  D.  C.  Eaton), 
1874.  Arizona,  near  Fort  (irant. .'  (ex.  herb.  Mrs.  Rust). 
1877. 

Cheilanthes  microphylla,  Sw akiz. 

Mexico,  ex.  herb.  John  Robinson.  Islands  near  mouth  of  St. 
John's  river.  Florida.  A.  11.  Curtiss.  August.  1878. 

Cheilanthes  Alabamensis,  Ki  nze. 

Chillicothe.  Tenn..  ex.  herb.  State  Univ.  Mich..  Prof.  M. 
VV.  Harrington.  Donor.  East  Tenne.see,  1872  :  Lee  Co.  (on 
the  boundar  ne  of  Tenn.)  Va..  1875.  Walter  Faxon,  ex. 
herb.  C.  E.  Faxon.      .S;in  Antonio.  Texas.  Mrs.  .M,  f.  Young. 


iS 


/.•>• 


Xotk. —  This  fern  looks  so  much  like  a  Pelhva.  especially 
in  those  specimens  with  continuous  involucres,  that  I  am 
not  sure  but  that  Mr.  Haker  is  right  in  placing  it  in  that  genus 
^Pclliva  Alalnnnciisis.  Hakkr,  Syn.  Fil.  H.  &  B.).  lliit  as 
some  specimens  of  it  are  hardly  to"  be  <listiiguished  from  spec- 
mens  of  C.  mycrop/iylla.  S\vz..  a  sjjecies  which  the  same 
author  retains  in  Cheilanthes,  and  my  own  specimens  are 
altogether  too  meagre  to  permit  my  "forming  anv  decided 
opinion  either  way,  I  have  retained  this  species  in  "its  present 
position  in  ^deference  to  the  authority  of  Prof.  Eaton.  Its 
claims  to  this  position  seem  equally  as  strong  as  those  of  C. 
microphylla.  and  in  Species  Filicum.  \'ol.  Ill,  Dr.  Hooker 
expressed  the  opinion  that  it  might  be  the  extreme  northern 
form  of  that  species. 


iU 


DANF-NPOnT    IlKRnAUIUM. 


13 


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Cheilanthes  Viscida.  Uavkni-oht. 

Downieville  Buttes,  Cal..  J.  (i.  Lcmmon,  Sept.,  1872.?  Near 
San  G.,rgor,o  1  ass  eastern  slope  of  Sierra  Nevada,  Par^v 
and  Lemmoii.  April,  1876.  ou.i,   i  any 

Cheilanthes  leucopoda,  Link. 

tvaide  canon.  Ri„  Nueces,  Texas.  Mrs.  Voun-.  ,87,-. 

Cheilanthes  vestita,  Swahtz. 

Uash.ngton    IleisJits,    New    York    City     (ex     herb      Tohn 
ohn.<.n   ,   W.  W.   Denslow.     Snake  llifl^nearN;.^^^" 

V    H"^Curti         UJ*--^^'"'','^'  R.'-'^-J"'^"  Hussev(ex.  herb 
sU     ,s'r  \V  .  ?.^;-*"^^^^^^^  ^'  ^'-Clarence  Lown, 

.>epL.  18,8.     Lsidl  Co..   Kentucky.  John  Williamson.  Aug., 

Cheilanthes  Cooperse,  D.  c.Evton 

;.anta  Barbara,  Gd.,  MJss  Winchester,  r  Mrs.  Geo.  M.  Wood- 
ua  d.  Donor.  Mover  Mt  near  Colton.  San  Bernardino  Co  , 
C^hVdrd'orsVM^    ;.-^""''    l^''^'"-='    ^'^'-  (Canon  of  the 

Cheilanthes  gracillima,  D.  C.  liaton 

mnsCV;t"?^i'^\l^''[:''f-)  ^873:  Mrs.  R.M.  Austin  (Plu. 
mas^Co.).  ,875:  M.ssPelton.  Vnba  Co..  ,875.  Sierras.  Aug., 

Cheilanthes  lanuginosa,  Ni'  r 

\\  .sconsin.  Dr    Parry.  1848,  Dubuque,  Iowa,  ex.  herl,     fohn 

V-oloiado,   ••  canon  ot  the  Arkansas."  (ex.  herb   C  E  F-ixon^ 
n..nde^ee.  .873:  W.M.Wilson.  .876.  Vtah!nekr  S^C^^^e 
j.  E.Johnson.  1876:   Dr.  Palmer.  1877. 

Cheilanthes  tomentosa,  Eink. 

'herl!\^'p'''p'^    ^''■"''''/   '^'■^•='*'   River,  below   Ashville.  (ex. 
I  nn.  Mich.).  Plot.  1  laninirton.  Donor. 

Cheilanthes  Eatoni,  Bakkk. 

Colorado.  Brandej^ee,  1873-;;. 

Cheilanthes  Pendleri,  Uuok-m. 

-TisJ^' oliJ!',-  ^^T^'  "'^^  Arizona.  Dr.  Pahner.  April 
Od^M^'i..  t  n-  '?"";;■  ^^-  ^873-4  =  VV.  M.Wilson,  187;;. 
Yul  C  \n^^^^  .If'""  V'-  V'*'^^""«'  '874;  J^rownsville, 
M        .V-;"!  '''^■"'-    '^^75-8:  North  side  of  San  Tacinto 

Alt.  (alftude  4,500  tt.).  San   Diego  Co.,  April,  .S"8:  Ca  ou 
Pass.  San  Bernardino  Mts..  Mav.  .878.  Wm.  Stout.  '  ' 


a^S 


i^  CATAi.oGrr:  ok  tiik 

Note. —  The  very  fine  collections  of  this  fern  made  in  C'ul- 
ifornia  1)V  Miss  Pelton  and  Mr.  Stout,  have  revealed  its  char- 
acter in  a  new  light,  and  shown  the  necessity  for  a  broader 
description  of  it  than  any  we  now  have.  If  we  take  the  present 
descriptions  literally,  there  are  no  better  representative  speci- 
mens of  its  type  than  those  collected  by  Mr.  Mrandej^ee  in 
Colorado :  but  in  California  sj^ecimens  we  find  diHerences 
that  j^radually  develop  until,  as  in  Mr.  Stout's  Cajou  Pass 
specimens,  we  seem  to  have  an  entirely  difl'erent  fern,  yet  up- 
on a  careful  examination  of  copious  specimens  from  the  local- 
ities jjiven  above,  I  am  unable  to  find  any  appreciable  line  of 
separation.  In  the  Colorado  specimens  the  ovate  or  narrowly 
lanceolate  brown  scales  are  seldom  prolon<^cd  at  the  apex  into 
anythin<>;  more  than  a  lonj^^  acuminate  point,  rarely  overlappinjij 
the  segments  m)  as  to  be  visible  on  the  upper  surface  of  the 
frond,  while  in  California  specimens,  according  to  locality, 
the  scales  are  more  variable,  usually  broader  in  outline,  though 
freciuentlv  onlv  narrowly  lanceolate,  and  varying  in  color, 
with  age,  from  silvery  white  to  rich  deep  brown,  finally  rusty 
or  grev  with  age,  with  the  apex  prolonged  into  very  delicate 
cilia  that  overlap  the  segments  and  are  plainly  visible  on  the 
upper  surface  of  the  frond.  In  some  of  Mr.  Stout's  speci- 
mens, especially  in  those  from  Cajou  Pass,  these  cilia  over- 
lap the  face  of  the  segments  in  such  profusion  as  to  give  to 
the  face  of  the  frond  the  appearance  of  C.  tnyriophyUa,  and 
at  once  to  suggest  that  species,  liut  ('.  myriopliylla  is  clearly 
separable  from  ('.  Fcudlcri.  by  its  distinct  hairy  pinnules,  the 
t(»nientum  being  attached  to  the  segments  independent  of  the 
scales,  while  in  C.  FeiidierL  the  cilia  are  traceable  directly 
to  the  scales,  of  which  they  form  a  part,  the  segments  them- 
selves being  wholly  destitute  of  hairy  appendages  of  any  kind. 
The  apparent  diflerence  between  the  California  and  Colorado 
specimens  is.  at  first  sight,  so  great  that  I  was  inclined  at  first 
to  regard  the  former  as  a  good  \ariety  —  possibly  as  a  diflevent 
species  from  the  Colorado  one  —  but  my  examinations  lead  me 
now  to  look  upon  them  merely  as  finer,  and  more  highly  de- 
veloped specimens  of  the  same  species.  Mr.  Stout's.  Cajou 
Pass  specimens  have  a  very  decided  odor,  as  of  bitter  herbs, 
but  I  find  the  same  odor  in  some  of  Miss  Pelton's  white  Fend- 
/cr/  from  Yuba  Co.,  and  also  in  specimens  of  C.  Clevclandii 
from  San  Diego  Co..  and  this  is  probably  owing  to  something 
in  the  nature  of  the  locality  where  they  were  gatherer'.  Judg- 
ing from  the  prevalence  of  adventitious  hairs  (or  pappus.?)  on 
Mr.  Stout's  and  other  specimens  of  Cheilanthes  from  the 
mountainous  regions  of  California,  some  species  of  Compos- 
it;e  grew  abundantly  in  their  neighborhood. 

Cheilanthes  Clevelandii,  D.  C.  EArox. 

San  Diego  Co..  Cal.  :  Cleveland,  1875-8  :   Dr.   Parry.  1876: 
\Vm.  Stout.  April.  1878. 


I'.W  K.M-dui     IIKIUlAltur.Nr.  j. 

Cheilanthes  myriophylla,  1)k.s\. 

tTkJ^rn^'\^"-'  ^'''•-  ^''?^''""<l-  ^^75-       I5artletf.s  Springs, 
LakcCo.    (crev.cfs  ,.t  n.cks)  Cal..  Miss   Pclton,  A„-  .  ,877 

u      1  *>'  ('^'-*'-"^''  t"  t'l^'  present  species  as  a  rar.hv  Hooker 
shm.hl  not  yet  he  foun<l   in  California,  hut  the  spe Jme      sen 
on     tor    hat  tern   hy  Mr.  Stout  helon^-  to  (.  /i,^^r/^lXc 
note  to  that  species.  '"'(ifcn.      stc 

Cheilanthes  Lindheimeri,  IIookku. 

Sonora.  Dr.  Arthur  Schott.  ex  herh.  J)r.  J.  I.\  J,,,,,-. 

CRYPTOGRAMME.     K.  Wh. 


ne 
ii 


A  «enus  strictly  J^oreal.  inhahitin<,.  the  northern  portions  of  the 
evv,  and  the  arctic  regions  in  the  oh!  worl.l.  Our  species  prohahlv 
>  no  way  chstuKt  fron,  the  C.  rnSpa  of  F.urope.      Three  species 

<>  Iv  have  heen  recorciecL  .uul  these  are  ^iven   in  Svn.   Fil.  Hooker 

^na  Jiaker  as  mere  forms  of  one. 

Cryptogramme  acrostichoides,  K.  Uu. 

Cahtornia:     Aimer  (Sie,.ras:).    .S73  :     Mrs.    Austin  (Plumns 
h"-.--';  ''^7/  :  .  Mjss  J\.lton  (Lassen's  Peak).  An-.,  .S7S  •     I 
M.nr  (\osem,te?).  ex  herh.  Miss  Pelton.  ,876.   '^Ile  Rn'ale 

Hn±n     r  '"'"\^^''^^K;r-  ^"^'M,jnlv.  .868.  Prof  \t. 
nston    Donor:    Henry  (Jillman.  ,869.       Colorado.  Dr.  Par- 


PELLiEA.     Link. 


I  looklCli. 


Pellsea  gracilis,  Hookku 

L  ' 


Lycoming  Co..  Penn..  E.  H.  Whorf  (ex  herh.  C    F    I'.,v,.n^ 
i  nniflc,   1874.      ^'t.   lohy.  Mass.,   Rev.    H.  (L    lesun    1S7. 


Pelleea  Breweri,  i).  c.  icatox. 


1  ope  \  alley    Sierras.  Dr.  Anderson.  1S74:   ^'osemite..=  Joh, 
Mnir  (ex  herh.  Miss  Pelton).  1876.  •.)"" 

Pellsea  Bridgesii,  Hookkk. 

California:  ^Dr., Parry.     ,867:     Miller.     .871;    Rev      F     I 
v:;r''^i?'f''":i^^^"'''^-'^74'     XearNeva.i;.^4lhVosemi,^: 


\\  ni.  Stout.  1876 

Pellsea  atropurpurea,  I 


INK. 


^' wrence  Co..  Ala..    T.  M.  Peters.  ,87;,.      Clifi;,  of  tlu- 


«< 

U: 


,„!ii,., 


w 


Ml- 


1 1 


CATAf.OOI'lC    0|      TIII- 


ooski.  \'t..   C  (j.  I'liniflc.  1S74.      Mt.  Tobcv.   Mass..    I 
Jfsup.  1S74.      I<2still  Co..  Keiituckv.  Joliii  Williamson. 
1S78.     Ohio,  Miss  11.  J.  Uiddlecomc.  1S76.       Arizona 
Fort(iraiit, .''  ex  herb.  Mrs.  Rust).  1S77.      Kansas,  Mr.  I'i 
Donor.  187S.    ()non(la<?a  Co..  \.  Y.  :  Mrs.  Knst.  1S76 
1.  S.  (lirt'ord  (l)ifi(l  forms).  1S7S. 


I.   (i. 

(iK-ar 
icker, 
;  Mrs. 


Fellsea  aspera,  Maki;h. 

(  Clieilaiithvs  aspcni.  IIookkk.  ) 
New  Mexico.  Chas.  W'riolit  (ex 


ton  Hooker.  Donor. 


herl).  Keu  ).  Sir  fosepli  Dal- 


Pellsea  Wrightiana,  Hook  Kit. 

Colorado  (canon  of  the  Arkansas)  :  Hrandej^ee.  1X73:  W'.M. 
Wilson.  1S75.      IMnmas  Co..  Cal..  Mrs.  Ames,  1S76. 

PellflBa  Ornithopus,  Hookkk. 

California:  Nliller.  1S73,  including  a  form  nearlv.  if  not  iden- 
tical with  PclUca  hella.  Bakkk.  a  ferri  altoffcther  too  douht- 
fnlly  distinct  to  he  recojj^ni/ed  as  a  ijood  species  ;  Dr.  .Anderson 
(Santa  Cruz),  1874;  [)r.  (iihhons  (Alameda).  if^74:  Mrs. 
Cooper  (Santa  Barbara).  1S76-S;  Mrs.  Ames  (IMumasCo.). 
1875:   Miss  Pelton  (Yuba  Co.).   1875-S. 

Pellaea  brachyptera,  Bakkh. 

( /'.  OriiitliopKs.  var.  hrachyptcriini,  D.  C.  l^AroN.) 

California:  Miller  (Sierras.?).  1873;  Leminon.  1873;  Mrs. 
Ames  (Plumas  Co.),  1875  :  Mrs  Austin  (  Phmias  Co. ).  187^-7. 
No  !  K  : — [  have  retained  Baker's  name  for  this  fern  as  I 
cannot  rejjfard  it  otherwise  than  a  j^ood  species.  It  a|)- 
])ears  to  me  entirely  distinct  from  l^.Oiniithopiis.  with  which 
fern  I  think  it  far  less  likely  to  be  confounded  than  are  some 
forms  of  /'.  Wrig/itiaiia.  I  have,  during  the  past  six  vears. 
received  numerous  sjiecimens  of  it  from  the  collections  of 
Miller,  Lenmion.  and  others,  without  having  received  anv- 
thing  that  would  suggest  even  its  belonging  to  /'.  Ornit/iopiis 
as  a  variety.  I  do  not  deny  but  that  such  specimens  mav  ex- 
ist— for  specimens  may  be  fomul  apparently  intermediate  be- 
tween  idmost  any  two  species — but  they  would  be  most  like- 
Iv  to  occin-  on  plants  that  had  not  sufHciently  developed  their 
specific  characters  to  have  the  distinctions  between  the  two 
species  clearly  apparent. 

Pellaea  andromedsefolia,  I'li:- 

California:  Dr.  Barry.  1867:  Dr.  .\nderson  (Sanl;i  Cru/). 
1874;  Mrs.  Cooper  (Santa  Barbara).  1876-8:  Miss  Belton 
(Yiil)a  Co.).  1S75-8:   Cleveland.  (San  Diego  Co.),  1877-8. 

Pellsea  flexuosa,  Link. 

iSJexico,  Chas.  Wright,  ex  herb.  Jolni  Rol)inson.  Ori/aba. 
Mexico.  Chas.  Mohr.  18^7. 


'7 


1>A\  Iv.M'OlU      lll.ltllAIMlM 

PellfiDa  pulchella,  i' i;i;. 

Mcxicci.  c\  hcil).  |()h„  R<,l,i„s„n. 

PellsBa  densa,  Hookku. 

C.O.MS,,  .  M.ss  lV|,o„.  (^  uh.  Co.,  an.I  li.rtletr.s  Sprinj.")' 

PTERIS.     Linn. 
In-    tl>isj,a;nus.an<l    the    f.n.r    succeclinj.  ;,cnenu  ..ur  species    .„e 
-.cly    t.op,c.l.  .,,,    .,th    the  exceptions    herein  n^entio  ed    to 
..oked  to.-   alonj,  the  bonier  of  the    (inlf  of    Mexico.     The    speci  . 

r  r :::  r^'^^'^-;!^  "r"^='^^"  '■"  ^'^^  ---•  ^^----^  ^.^^^ 

ouc   u.  .s      cosmopolite,  heinj.  tn.iversallv  distribnted    thronc^hont 

thct.op    s.aul    ,.s   only    •opresented  anywhere  by  the  single  species 
■so  recently  ad<led    to   onr    Hst  of  X.  American  tWns  thro.^h  the     , 
valnable  researches  of   Dr.  (iarber  in  southern  Florida.     'H  -eeU"- 

o:;;  tWl  r  'h-"^  '""'  ^- ^^-■--.e,  the  two  last  ;.i^ 
'"btound    (n,    th,s    conntry)    within  those  regions ;   .^I.  W^/,,/ 

however.    ,s    more  strictly    Appalachian,  and   j;ten.ls    from    M^^ 

along  ,.nr  western  coast  to  Califi.rnia,  (Redfield,  I.e.).    A.cZ^    . 

^ -..  .mght  ah.ost  be  inclnded  in  the  Pacific  an  j  New  ^C!l 
..  .c    a    .t  occnrs  n.  southern  Calit;>rnia  and  Arizona.     This  species 

u.th   us   svery   nearly   tropical,  but  in   .Southern   Utah   it  accuires -, 

.  •  h  •      \  r  "    '  "■"'""•  '''"''  '"'^  ^"^"^^  protection,  as  far 

'  n   ht  f  ^  '^'  ""'^"  "'  Appendix).     The  Adiantums  are  to 

-  ght  f;>r  n.  n.o,st.  stony  ravines,  along  the  base  ,>f  clifts,  on  rockv 

"on,  the  uexKcs  ot  overbangn.g  rock  in  limestone  regions. 

Pteris  longifolia,  L. 

Miami.   Morida.  rock\ 
•'•-■r.   June.   1S77. 

Pteris  Cretica,  L. 

South    Africa.    McOwen.    ex    herb 


li'dges.  open    pine  barrens.  Dr.   (Jar- 


V.  II.   Curtiss.       Brick 


end""';-~''^'''''^-''^:'P'<''^able  doubt  in   regard  to  Mr    R-.v- 
I  ^'.^    c.tlu,    u.,\.   and   ma^    oelong  to  the  next  species. 


,,:<» 


fm 


iS 


r.\  r  .\i.<»(.i'i.  <)i     IMK 


It  may  possibly  turn  out  tliat  uf  do  not  have  /'.  erotica  at  all, 
l)iit  as  Mr.  Shocklcy's  specimens,  thouf^h  sterile,  appear  to  me 
like  that  species.  I  retain  tlie  present  arranjjement  until  this 
(pu'stion  is  (lelinilely  settled. 

Pteris  serrulata,  I- 

.\lahama.  shaded  hanks  of  ri\idets.  near  MoUile.  Chas. 
Mohr.  May.  1S7S. 

\(,il.;,__^'|'lK're  is  no  donht  aliout  the  authenticity  of  these 
specimens,  in  whatever  way  their  presence  in  that  re}<ion  is^  to 
l)e  accounted  tor.  .Mr.  Nlohr  writes  that  the  orij^inal  for- 
est <rrowth  still  exists  alon^-  the  hanks  of  the  stream  where  he 
found  them  <,n()win;4-.  and  he  has  l>een  unaible  to  trace  them  to 
any  other  than  a  natural  source. 

Pteris  aquilina,  I  ■ 

Colorado.  Dr.  ).  T.  Scovill  (ex  herh.  vState  I  niv.  Mich.), 
1870.  Middlesex  Co..  Mass.,  (J.  R.  D.,  1875-6.  Onondatja 
Co..  N.  ^'..  Mrs.  Barnes  (a  form    near   var.  camfafa).  1876. 

Pteris  aquilina, 

var.  caudata,  Hookkk. 

Melonville.  I'ia..  C.  10.  Faxon.  1S73.  Harrisburg,  Texas. 
Dr.  |oor.  1875.  Houston.  Texas.  Mrs.  \'oung,  1875.  St. 
Lucie  River.  Fla..J.  D.  .Smith.  .Mch..  1877. 

Pteris  aquilina, 

var.  lanuginosa,  IIookku. 

California:  Dr.  Anderson  (.Santa  Cruz),  1874;  Dr.  (Jibbons 
(Alameda),  1874:  Mrs.  .Vustin  (I'hnnas  Co.).  1876-7. 
Miss  I'elton  (Yuba  Co.),  July.  1877.  Ore-^on.  Willamette 
.Sloujj^h.r   Ilf)well.   July.  US75. 

CERATOPTERIS.    Bkonc 
Ceratopteris  thalictroides,  BifONiiMAnr. 

Frairie  Creek,  slow  movinjj;  water,  .Southern  Florida.  July, 
(sterile  tronds)   i87«.      I'mf.  D.  C.  Eaton.  Donor. 

ADIANTUM.     r.. 
Adiantum  pedatum,  L 

California:  Miller.  1S73;  Mrs.  Austin  (Plmnas  Co.).  1877. 
Middlesex     Co..    Mass.'julv.     1873;     Bolton,    Mass.    .'\uff., 

1874.  c;.  F.  D. 
Adiantum  emarginatum,  Hook.   (Kaionin  Kums  of  the  s.miii  west  mud.  i 

The  A.  Chileiisv  of  American  authors.  California:  Santa 
Cruz.  Dr.  Anderson.  1874;  Santa  Barbara  (Bartlett's  Can- 
on), Mrs.  Cooper.  1876-8:  Flunias  Co.,  Mrs.  Ames,  1876; 
■^'uba  Co.  (l^rownesville).  Miss  Pclton.  1878;  .San  Bernar- 
dino Mts..  1877.  ne:>r  Powstv.  Stip.  Diesa^o  Co..  April  and  May. 

1878.  Wm.  Stout. 


"AVICNPOni     ilKIMIAIlUM. 


'9 


Adiantum  tricholepis,  Vrv. 

li-stton,  iind  a  spec  iiifii  of  H(,„k.T\    A    rv,;/  •  ,  .       " 


Adiantum  Capillus-Veneris,  I. 


.st<)iu>  sink,  near  () 


■'li'.  Monda.  \\  .  }].  Shocklcv.  Md,..  ,878. 


Adiantum  tenerum,  Swz.    (Scc  note,  p.  40  ) 

Florida:  Halifax  River,   1877,  Miss  ReynoU.s ;    Ocala,  Ma- 
"Tr     e",  '"/\l"liestonesink,  W.  H.  Shockley,  Mch.,  187S. 

Mr.  bhockley  s  specimens  are  small  and  sterile,  and  there 
benig  no  reason  to  suspect  the  presence  of  another  species  in 
A  r^:-)}  *''^,.*"^^  of  receiving  them,  they  were  placed  with 
A.  LapiUus-  Veneris  (sec  note  to  that  species),  but  a  re-ex- 
amuiation  shows  that  they  are  identical  with  Miss  Reynolds' 
specunens  and  belong  here. 


April.  ,878    Dr.  (Varber:  Lake"  Mom-oe^  J.  D:'Smith    is^A' 

LOMARIA.    \V.,,„. 


Ovn 


spc^c.es    strictly    Horeal,  not  unco.vmon     in    the    northern 
c.,onsot   hnn.pe,but  occurring  sparingly    with  n.  on   J^^Z 
1-uler,  an.l  entcM.ng  ,hc  Pacific  range  in  southern  California 


iS 


lA  I  Ai.fK.n.  <>i    iiti: 


It  may  posHibly  turn  out  tluit  \vi-  do  not  Imvc  /'.  cn'lica  at  all. 
I>ut  iis  Mr.  Shdcklfv's  s|H'cinu'us.  thoufjh  Hterile.  appear  to  mo 
like  thai  spi'cii'H,  I  retain  tlu-  present  ananjienu'nt  initil  this 
(|ueHtion  is  detinitely  settled. 

Pteris  serrulata,  i- 

.\lal)ania.  shaded  hanks  of  rivulets,  near  Mobile.  ChaH% 
Mohr,  May.  1S7S. 

NoTK. — There  is  no  doiiht  al)out  the  autlu-nticity  of  these 
speeiniens.  in  w  hatevei  way  »luir  presence  in  that  region  is  to 
lie  accomited  tor.  Mr.  Muhr  writes  that  the  orij^inal  for- 
est {growth  still  exists  alonj^  the  iianks  of  the  stream  where  he 
found  them  <frowin<f,  and  he  has  l)een  unable  to  trace  tlieni  to 
am  otliei'  than  a  natural  source 

Pteris  aquilina,  I - 

Colorado.  Dr.  J.  T.  Scovill  (ex  herb.  State  l^dv.  Mich.), 
1S70.  Middlesex  Co..  Mass..  (i.  R.  I)..  1875-6.  Ononda<ja 
Co..  X.  N'..  .Mrs.   liarnes  (a  form    near   var,  cumhita),  1S76. 

Pteris  aquilina, 

var.  caudata,  llooKFu. 

Melonville.  I'Ma..  C.  10.  I'axon.  1S73.  Harrisburj^.  Texas. 
Dr.  [onr,  1S7V  Houston.  Texas.  \lrs.  ^'onnJ{,  1875.  St. 
Lucie  River.  Fla..  ].  1).  Smith    M.-N     •«-- 


i 


....i.-.n.      .'AUJ'., 


.0/4, 


I  I.    I'..    I). 


Adiautum  emarginatuni,  l  Iook.   (e-hoh  in  icms  of  the  s.,mii  wesi  ined.i 

The  A.  (''/'' use  of  American  authors.  California:  Santa 
Cruz.  L'=  Viiders  '1.  1S74:  Santa  Barbara  (Hartlett's  Can- 
on), M.s.  '.  o{>.">.  1S76-8;  IMumas  Co.,  Mrs.  Ames.  1S76: 
^'u^.i  Cw.  (l.tro'vuesville).  Miss  Pelton,  1878:  .San  Bernar- 
dino  Mts..  1877,  near  Poway.  vSan  DietjoCo..  A])ril  and  May, 
1S78.  \Vm.  Stout. 


DAVKNPOUT    UKUUAltHM. 


»9 


.1, 


•.•;;;Xni.    l...  a  h.ll  cs,.lnnation  for   il.i«   ,„..„«.  i„  ,„:,;;:.;; 

Adiantum  trioholepis,  Fkk. 

N-  //'r;;/,;:;;  i.-,';:^;"~-  '-■"•■'"•">  ^i--  -•  «"•  check. 

l-it')n,  :iii(l  a  speciinen  of  Hooker's     i    Chih.,, .  ' ,  ■ 

ciin  Oca  ilirs  as  .riv.M.   ....   r>,. .       i>-         V,^      ''•     ^^'"^  Am.-n. 

Adiantum  Capillus-Veneris,  L. 

vi...  \'  u       '•"'.^'    ''^74-     '^Kii   Anton  a   R  ver    'IVvm 

M^s.Vonn^,  ,S75.   Santa  Harl.a.a  (  Hartl.ttsCaft<^^^.,',M' 
I'to.  Al.  VV()()(lu;ii(   aniMr.s    Conn...-   r»i^A.«      /- ^•"•.  i*M«. 

•""■"■  -"-■ "-  "-I-  n-'i ^^^  1.  si;!S'iov;X%,.,';'^';,?: 

VITTABTA    s 
In  this  .,,,1  ,|K.  „..x,  ..,,„„,  ,1,..  f;..«i.|,l,ic.,l  ra„j;c  of  ,„„.  ,|„.dc, 

Vittaria  lineata,  Sw mm/. 

Florida -iKMulcMU    from  tin-    trunks    of  t lie    palmetto  — Nov.- 
Smyrna,  ex  herl,.john  Robinson;   (ieo.  D.   Ule       ,976     S? 


It 


BLECHNUM. 

Blechnum  serrulatum,  Manx. 


L. 


LOMARIA.    W.iio. 


Ol'K 


>ptT.es    strictly     Boreal,  not  uncommon     in    the    northern 
•c,.onsot     Muope.hut   occurring,  sparingly    with  us  on    tl 
Donler.  and  entering-  the  PaciH 


leru 


f  ranire  ni  southern  Califor 


ma. 


20 


A  1  A  I. (  nil    i:     ()1       I  111.; 


Lomaria  Spicant,  Ui  .s\ . 

Calitoniia  :  Hohiiider.  o\  licib.  John  Kohinson  :  Dr.  Aiuk-i- 
son  (Santa  Ciii/).  1874.  {Jreyon.  ■•Dct-])  ravine  in  moun- 
tains." llowc'll.     [iilv.  187^. 

Lomaria  Spicant, 

Var.  SerratUm,    WOl.l..    ^.Nii".rL-'s  Natmc  printed  Keins,Vol.ll,p.225.,i 

Deep  luuuntain  lavini'.  Muitooiiul  Co..  Oiejion.  Howell. 
Mch..  1876.  Apparently  a  yood  variety.  The  niar-^ins  ire 
strongly  and  doul)ly  serrate  and  in  marked  contrast  to  the  en- 
tire or  slightly  sinuate  mariiins  of  the  normal  foim. 


WOODWARDIA.    Sm. 

Ol  the  tiiree  species  representiuii  tills  Menus  witii  us.  one.  //'. 
rn(//ca//-<.  is  placed  In  Mr.  KedtieM  in  the  New  Mexican  division, 
hut  as  it  occurs  witliin  our  limits  in  Calitornia,  it  comes  as  well 
within  the  i\iciHc  rano-e.  Tlic  other  two.  //'.  I'hoinica.  and  // '. 
aiioiistifolia.  are  placed  iu  tiie  A|)palachian  division,  but  as  Mr. 
RedHcld  suj^yests.  are  ••  rafiier  maritime  than  Appalachian."  and 
occur  all  alonj^- the  coast  region  in  rich  swamps  or  marsln  dis- 
tricts, from  Mass.  to  Florida.  //'.  Mrgiiiica  occurs  also  in  \'er- 
moi't.  and  ••  in  tlie  reiijions  horderint^  (»n  the  .^t.  Lawrence  and  the 
ijreat  lakes." 

Woodwardia  radicans, 

var.  Americana,  Hookkk. 

Calitbrina  :  Santa  Cru/..  Dr.  Audnsijii.  1874:  Alameda.  Dr. 
{;ihl)ons.  1874:  Santa  P>ariiara.  .Mrs.  Cooper.  1S76:  Browns- 
ville. ^'ui)a  Co..  Miss  Peltou.    187^. 

Woodwardia  Virginica,  Smi m. 

Middlesex    Co..     Mass..  (i.     \\.   !)..     kSt.i-T.      \ew    S 


l'"lorida.   1878.  ex  herb.  1".  S.  I'lympton. 


Woodwardia  angustifolia,  s 


Ml  ni. 


llinjriiam.  Mass..  llenr\    W.  Cushino-.  Sept..  187^. 
River.    Lono    Island.    \.  ^■..  L.  S.  Miller.    1871". 
( I'm  ;jfatf)ry  Swamp).  Mass..  (;.  i:.  D..  Sept..  1S74-7, 


(sterile  tronds)  lu'rt).  !•'.  S.   IM\  uinl< 


m\  rna. 


Wadinji" 
Dedham 
I'^lorida, 


m. 


SCOLOPENDRIUM.    Sm. 

Oil!  species  restricted  InMr.  Redfield  to  the  Boreal  division, 
antl  ■•  confined  to  a  few  rocky  ylens  whicii  open  into  the  ancient  ba- 
sin of  the  "reat  lakes."      (Redfield.  1.  c.) 

Scolopendrium  vulgare,  s.Mrni. 

Chitiei!an_L;<i    I'alls.    OnondaLfa    Co..    \.    \ .  \    ex  herbs.  John 
l^obinson    and    State  Cniv.  Mich.;   S.    X.Cowles.  187-^':   L. 


I'.w  i:,vi'(.|{  1 


lli.lCliAUIlM. 


21 


M.  liid 


U 


t-rwood.     i,S7,S. 


lie    iJo 


SIlltT. 


N74:  M 


:iiiKs\  I 


Mrs.     (;iM"oid.     iNtN.       O 


IS. 


ii 


lie    (( 


ireen 


list.  1876  :   M 


;il<e) 


iss 


is. 


Hi 


rues. 


rocks).  (.)iit;iri().  C; 


wen      Soin-^l      (|,.,j,^.      „j-     ^.,|] 


XoTK.  — I 


Mrs.  lio\ 


lo: 


.'-6. 


M 

1S77; 
Ciireoiis 


liive    been    informed   tinu  tlii>  fen,  is  1 


scarce  111  the  two  or  three  localit 


lecomiiiii' 


State 


Vh 


and  that    ti 


lere    is 


ics    known  for  it  in  \eu  ^■()rk 


fcrn^ 


IS    certaiiih    would    I 


some   danger    of  its 


li 


verv 


>e    re},netted    l)\ 


extermination. 


tion  ot   so  tine  a 

tor  it  in    the    Inited  St 


lotamst  (m<r\n  to  he  interested   in   tl 


e\  erv  true  lover    of 


sjoecies    as  th 


IS    in  the  onI\   locsdities  1 


le  preser\ a- 


wil 


th 


ouyhtlesslv  or  rnthle 


ites.  and    it  is  to  I 


\now  n 


astt 


)e  hoped  tiial   no  oni 


tsien  Its  (lestnietion. 
CAMPTOSORUS.      Link. 


trict'but"'!r-  ''""■'  ''^'""■""-  ""''^■^'  •""•^'  •M>l-lachian  .lis- 
t..cr.but  en  ,vino  „,  est .n  le.i  ran^v  .hrou,h  the  n,ountainous  r.. 
.i,nons  from  \  ermont.  south  an.l  west. 

Camptosorus  rhizophyllus,  Link. 

\  einiont.  C.  (',.     I'rii.,,!,.     ,v;-,        ■>  ,        .       ,  , 

iirifllM    I.HTo  i„  Kl.ir;,  ,.!■  Nov    V„,  t  ,     ,VT     !■    ''"'«■ 

>..•.  X.  ^■..  chuvncc , „.  >p.ci,„:',!:\;  ,'^,'':,,., .;:;« ;'-;;y;r 


Lenox.  Mass..  C.  K. 
row-  Ilii><;inson.  1N77 
Morandi.  i\uy. . 
IVnn..  |.  H.'"l<cM.i,.|( 
lianisoii.    Any..   1.S7N. 
Oct..    187S. 


1S7S. 


;'xon.  1S73.      Ncedham.  .Mass..    .Stor- 
iownel.  \-t.  (near  State  line).  ]•'.   W 
Round    Top.  (ietlvsl)uruHattle  Field' 
Any-...'    ,878.      KentuckN.   John  Wij- 
Ih'II'm.m.    W.    \-;,..    H.     Kieh^n-.ison. 


IS  not  iK'arlv    so  "leat    is    i>,   <r..iw.i-..ii,  1 

ever     the     fin..,!    ,■ ,r";'\,:''    '\-^  "^  '  :'".V^^'PPose(l. 


le    tnial    result   of   these 


credit  tor  havin 
w 


investii^ations     nia\     1 


What- 
>e.    the 


.  cuH  10,    lu.vino   ono-mated    them   helont-s  t..   Mr."  RedHeld 


ASPLENIUM.     l.ixN. 

Tim    .ent.    and    th.  next  two  genera    comprise  verv  nearlv  one- 
"-'''>^  '>•■•■  N.'.'l.  American    ferns,  and    one  or  ,v -species-occur 


«  *'  i ' 


I  :<    I 


J 


'I 


cATAi.ofiri:  OF  Tin: 


!'■ 


■ 


in  cacli  of  tlio  six  <ifco<rniphical  divisions  arnmgcd  by  Mr.  RedHekl. 
The  smaller  species  occur  most  frequently  in  clefts  of  rock  at  hi<^h 
altitudes  ;  the  lar<i[er  species,  with  a  fe\v  exceptions,  are  to  be  soujj^ht 
for  alon<f  stony  brooks,  in  ravines,  rich  woodlands  and  swamps,  or 
at  the  base  of  rockv  hills  and  cliffs. 


Asplenium  serratum,  I- 

Miami.  Florida,  in    a    dense    hummock. 


Dr.    (Jarber.    Mav, 


.,S77, 


Asplenium  pinnatifidum,  Xur  r. 

ALd)ama.  Winston  Co..  T.  M.  I'eters.  1S73.  I'airmount 
Park.  Phil,  (locality  since,  destroyed),  Penn.,  John  Robin- 
son. Near  Philadelphia.  Pa..  J()hn  Mair.  1S73-4.  Ken- 
tucky: }.  Ilussey,  July,  1S74:  I'^still  Co..  John  Williamson. 
Au<>..  1S78. 

Asplenium  ebenoides,  R.  R.  Scott. 

Soapstone  rocks,  west  side  of  Schuylkill  River,  above  Mana- 
yunk.  I'a.,  R.  R.  Scott, — a  sterile  frond  from  an  original 
specimen,  kindly  donated  by  Jacob  Staufler.  Alabama,  near 
Havana.  Miss  Julia  Tutwiler.  e\  herb.  W.  H.  Leggett. 
Canaan.  Conn..  J.  .S.  "  " 
Kentucky.  Prof.  R.  W, 
Donor. 


Adam.   July.    1S7S.      Franklin    Co. 
Wildberger.    iS78.John  Williamson. 


Asplenium  ebeneum,  Aiton. 

Middlesex  Co.  Mass..  (including  lar.  scrratidn.  (iu.w  — 
the  original  specimens  named  bv  Prof,  (irav,  with  autograph 
letter  — \hdden,  Nov..  1S72).  (i".  E.  D.,  1872-4.  Texas:  Dr. 
Joor  (llarrisbuig).  and  Mrs.  ^'oung  (San  Antonio),  1875. 
New  Smyrna.  Florid:i.  ex  herl).  F.  S.  Plympton,  1S7S.  Old- 
ham Co..  Ky..  John  Williamson,  Aug..  1S78.  Poughkeepsie. 
X.  v..  Clarence  Lown.  1S78.  IVthany.  W.  Va.!  1-:.  Rich- 
ardson. Oct..  1S78. 

Xotk. —  Mrs.  ^'oung's  specimens  include  :i  verv  distinct 
form  with  small  fronds  resembling  tiiose  of  ^4.  farSiilinii.  but 
not  quite  so  rigid,  and  with  the  pinnie  very  deeply  incised — 
var.  incisiini? — being  cut  clear  to  the  Vachis  at  the  base. 
The  specimens  are  not  readily  placed  properlv,  and  might  be 
mistaken  either  for  an  incised  form  of  A.  parviiluni.  or  for 
imusually  developed  specimens  of /I.  Tricliowcoies.  var.  iii- 
cisiiiu,  but  the  closely  sessile  pinna-,  and  distinct  venation 
clearly  place  them  with  the  present  species. 

Asplenium  parvulum,  Mvirr.  A:  (;\i.i:. 

New  Smyrna.  Fla..  Dr.  Palmer  (ex  herb.  C.  i:.  I'\ixon). 
1874.  Eutaw  Springs.  South  Carolina.  11.  W.  Ravenel. 
Alabama.  T.  M.  Peters.  1S74.  Ocala.  Florida.  W.  II.  Shock- 
lev.  Mch..  1878. 


t 

f 


l»A\K\PORT    IIEHBARllTM. 

Asplenium  Trichomanes,  L. 

M.ddlesex  Co.,  Mass..  G.  E.  D.,  1874. 

Asplenium  Trichomanes, 

W         „.Var.    inciSUm,    Moo»K.    Na,.  Pr.  «„..  Kems. 

San  D.egoCo..  Cal.,  Cleveland.  ,874-8      Near  Pou-w    S 
Dicffo  Co.,  V\m.  Stout.  1878.  i"way.  San 

Asplenium  viride,  lUnsox. 

SvS'^^'^s/.^'fi  "'s;?-  ^^^f  PJ^'^^  "'•  -'--«"«  rocks)  , 

Asplenium  dentatum,  L. 

Miami,  Fla.    (crevices  of  lime  rocks  in  a  rockv  hummocks 
finnS;.  "'■•  '^"""  ^'77-     ^'■'''''  ^'^-^-  VVVight,k  herb  J    li: 

Asplenium  montanum,  Wul... 

K:;;!:;^ '{""'Is'^'Tr'  C^ve,  J.  Hnssey,  (ex  herb.  D.  C. 

Asplenium  Bradleyi,  D.  c.  Eapcn 

n "K^^mTl  ^^^'  ^'''^  Tennesee.  F.  H.  Bradlev,  ex    herb     T 
•  Redheld.      Kentucky:    Edmonson  Co.,    [uly  (ex  1  erb    \ 
H.  Curt.ss)    Nolma  Creek  (ex    herb.  C.  E.  Faxon)     Tuu.' 

Au,:'?^;8'""'  ^'"'  ''"'''"'''^  Counties,  J^n'^;^ii,L!in: 

Asplenium  Ruta-muraria,  L. 

;^'M;ch^  ^^s^'-  p^:?'^^?"  ^-  "-•«"  (-  '-'-b.  state 

\I  sV    H      ■'    T     •^'''   V        ^/i"'inc,non.  Donor.     Mt.  Tobev, 
^r  ML^Hi;ldU:'^;.;tH876.'^'"^"'"  ^-  ^-  ^^'"^"^-  '«74-5. 

Aspic  Ilium  septentrionale,  iIoi-.m. 

Colorado.  Canon  of  the  Arkansas.  Hrande-ee.  ,874. 

Asplenium  firmum,  Ki  nzk. 
Asplenium  myriophyllum,  Puksi.. 

Asplenium  cicutarium,  Swart/. 

Suan,p  near  Panasopkee  river,  ei^ht  n,iles  Horn  Sumterville, 


I 


II  tlini 


!l  II 


Ml  I  Hi! 
I 


iillii 


24  CATALoorr  or   riir: 

Sumter  Co.,  Fla.  (on,  or  near,  limestone  rock),  Mch..  1878. 
W.  H.  Shockley.  donor. 

Asplenium  au^ustifolium,  Michx. 

Vermont,  C  G.  Pringle,  1874.  Ohio,  Miss  Hiddlecome, 
1S76.     North  Adams,  Mass.,  F.  W,  Morandi,  Aug..  1S78. 

Asplenium  thelypteroides,  Michx. 

West  Roxburv.  Mass.,  1873;  Dedham,  July,  1S74.  G.  E.  D. 
Svvampscott,  Mass,,  John  Robinson.  1874.  Charlotte.  Ver- 
mont. C.  (i.  Pringle.  1874. 

Asplenium  Pilix-foemina,  Bkkmi. 

California:  Prof.  M.  W.  Harrington,  1851;  Miller  (Sier- 
ras?), 1873;  Dr.  Anderson  (Santa  Cru/).  1873;  Mrs.  Ames 
and  Austin  (Plumas  Co),  1875;  Miss  Pelton  (  Yuba  Co.), 
1876.  Oregon,  Howell.  1876.  Colorado,  ex  herb.  State 
Univ.  Mich..  Prof.  Harrington.  Donor.  New  York  :  Onon- 
daga Co.,  Mrs.  Rust;  Oneida  Co..  Mrs.  Myers.  1877. 
Hrunswick.  Me..  Miss  Jackson.  1874.  Dedham,  Mass..  G. 
1£.  D..  Aug..  1874.  \\  ilton.  X.  H..  (var.  cristata  {crista- 
tiitny)   Gray).  \Vm.  Edwards. 


b. 


var.  Michauxii,  Mkti. 

iJedford  Co..  Va..  A.  II.  Curtiss,  1873.      Essex  Co.,   Mass., 
Robinson.  1876:   Middlesex  Co.,  Mass..  Morandi.  187S. 

var.  rhsetiCUm,  Moohk.     {J'o/y/>(>d/um  rlurticnm.  /..) 
Essex  Co..  Mass.,  J.  R.  and  ().  E.  D..  |uh\  1873.      Sudburv. 
Mass.,  July,  i874.'Me(lford.  1876.  CJ.  E.  1).     California.  Miss 


Pelton.  1 8 


//• 


«/. 


var.  laciniatum,  Mookk. 

Moiuuoutl)  Co..  New  Jersey  :  Miss  l*21i/a  Hosiner.  \\\\^.  187^  ; 
A.  H.  (iuilford.  1876.'  ■ 

XoTK.  —  This  species  has  so  many  dirt'erent  forms  that  it 
seems  difficult  to  say  which  of  them  would  best  represent  tiie 
type.  Moore  in  ••  Nature  Printed  Ferns"  eiunnerates  sixty- 
five  varieties  in  Great  Pritain.  and  the  species  is  no  less  prolif- 
ic of  forms  in  this  country.  Indeed,  from  a  cursory  examina- 
tion of  a  large  series  of  American  forms  in  connectif)n  with 
Moore's  plates  and  descriptions  of  those  varieties.  1  think  it 
possilile  to  identity  the  greater  number  of  them  among  our 
own  plants,  but  as  many  of  them  rest  upon  unimportant  char- 
acters. I  am  unwilling  to  fayor  carrying  the  recognition  of 
varieties  to  such  an  extreme.  It  is  no  easy  matter  to  k\\\x\\  a 
line  and  say  just  what  siiall,  or  shall  not  i)e  considered  as  a 
good  variety,  but  it  is  safe  to  assume  that  any  species  will  ad- 
mit of  much  variation  without  departing  from  its  normal  ciiar- 
acter.  and  only  when  such  deviations  are  carried  so  far  as  to 
give  the  appearance  of  an  i-ntireK  diH'eren)  plant,  eithfr  in 
habit  or  structure,  is  it  best  to  recogni/.e  them  as  varieties,  but 


DAVK-NPOKT    UKHHAHIUM. 


25 


•ictTr  ""U'^'"  T\""V''f'  variations  are  constant  in  their  char- 
acter      Rut   while    I    do    not   tavor  recognizine  everv    slight 

form  h"  ;';''  "''"'"  '"  *'^^"  P''-'^'^"^  ^P-'^iS"  thefe  .risers 
to  ms  tlKtt  have  conie  under  my  observation  that  me  U  part  c 
ular   designation,   and    some    of  these    T   1,.m.«      '."^"^  P^nic- 

now's  lir^''""^"'"  7  the  supposition  of  its  being  VVde 

known  by  it.  narrow  fronds,  erect  .u^'^:^'^J^'^,r'^^ 
.■.g.dity  ot  ,ts  fronds  is  so  marked  that  I  hav?  felt  te.  'n^i 
suggest  for  it  the  nan.e  of  rar.  r/^ic/u,.\^S^^:^^ 
t.on  ot  ....  ./,,,/,,,,  (x,,,,.,^  p,.,^^^^,  Ferns  Vo  I  r 
35^  comes  so  near  to  .t  that  it  ch'd  not  seem  best  to  introduce 
a    new  name    without   further   examination.     It  is  Sble 

exposed,    sunnv.  and  comparatively  drv  si{uatim"s    esnechl  " 
along  roadside  banks,  or  by  the  side  of'stone  S^^cou  U  "v 
lanes,  but    how    tar  its   rigid  appearance  mav  be   he  to  such 
exposure    I    cannot    say.     I    have  seen  it  growing   with   ^1 
M,me  very    slight    modifications.  i„    the    deoths    of         .1      ■ 
swan^.    bvthe  side  of  a    normal    forn^  S^  f^,^    ,^;j;: 
hve    teet    higi,    and    sixteen    inches    broad;    its  erect   nW 
fn,nds_seldom    more    than    fotUM^.ches  b I'oad  at  the  mo  t 
n)  .  marked    contrast   with   the     broad    featherv    fronds   of\>; 
neighbor.     As  ,t  isfound  in  perfection  late    in  "the  Tea  on    ind 
<'ns  att^r    the    other  forms  Iku  e  gone  down  under    he   ;a,"v 
bosts.  It  apparently    possesses  a  hardier  constitution     han  tli 

Zr    ;;?'";  ""r  i-''-'f'»-.----  cnHbrences  that^r. 
wo  tin    o     special    im  estigation.       Jar.  ,/,  described    in   t  e 
l,idle  in  ot  the   Forrev  Club.  Vol.  VI.  pages  88  and  rV.i     I 
nou     been   growing  iii    my  garden   b^  Ele'>f '^h^,'^: 
to.    hree  years  and  retains  its  character  constantlv.     The  fine 
Is  lac.niated   sina  1    troiuls    with  their  irregular  and  otienb 
uptly    term,nate<l    pinna,    are  its    distingi^shing "tt  Ss       I 
.ave    as  yet    only   I,een    able   to  obtain  a  singlc^ferietVoncl 
and  as  the  plants   were  originallv  sterile  when  foun  I  rl,    T 
.ust)      it  is   prol^able  that^his -variet;  ^^idom  Z  t  '     h  i^ 
descnbcHl  and    hgure.l  by   Mo.re.  1.  c.and  an  excd  ^1  fii^u" 
ot    t    na^  heseen  in  Lowe's  -New  and  Rare  Fe,n.."  pl.,te  ", 

w.    Is    !"■'•■■    rl'^'''-    ('■'-'^•''^^'""■0.   found    by    Mr     it 
uaids.  I  am  inclined  to  regard  more  as  a  freak  th.an  a  pmm- 


I- 

i 


36 


CATALOGl'E    OF    THE 


nent  variety.  It  is  not  an  uiicominoii  thing  in  other  ferns  to 
find  specimens  with  the  apex  of  the  frond  and  pinna;  more 
or  less  crested.  I  have  examples  of  this  in  Asfidium  spin/t- 
losnm^  and  such  freaks  have  '  ccurred  on  phmts  of  Asplcni- 
uni  FiIix-f(X7nina  in  my  jjfarden,  the  phmts  afterward  resuminor 
their  normal  form.  I  have  another  distinct  and  very  elej^ant 
form,  brought  to  me  by  Mr.  Roscoe  Frohock,  who  foimd  it 
growing  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  August.  1878.  that  may  prove  to 
be  Moore's  var.  pluiuosutn.  A  similar  form  was  foimd  later 
by  Mr.  Henry  L.  Pratt,  in  Concord,  Mass.,  but  further  inves- 
tigations are  needxl  to  justify  any  opinion  on  these  specimens. 
In  California  there  occurs  a  very  remarkable  variation  in 
the  shape  of  the  sori,  which  become  as  round  as  in  Aspidium. 
If  this  variation  was  confined  to  any  one  particular  form  I 
should  be  inclined  to  regard  it  as  a  good  variety,  but  as  it  oc- 
curs in  some  broad  feathery  fronds  of  the  normal  form  from 
Santa  Cruz  (Dr.  Anderson),  and  in  a  more  marked  degree  in 
some  narrow,  rigid  fronds  {var.  r/ucticum).  (wnn  Yuba  Co, 
(Miss  Pelton),  it  would  be  difficult  to  place  it  unless  we  dis- 
card all  other  difierences  and  recognize  this  variation  in  the 
sori  as  alone  worthy  of  special  consideration.  Var.  niolle^ 
var,  ovat  14)11.,  var.  acnmifiatuni.  var.  mart  num.  var.^racilc. 
and  several  other  forms  described  by  Moore  as  good  varieties 
are  distinguishable  among  our  plants,  but  I  caimot  regard  them 
with  that  favor,  as  they  are  referable  to  the  normal  forms,  or 
to  one  of  those  here  described  as  varieties. 

PHEGOPTERIS.  Ali  i  r. 
Phegopteris  polypodioides,  i  kk. 

Near  Amherst.  Mass.,  H.  (i.  jesup.  Sept..  1872.  Essex  Woods. 
Essex,  Mass..  J.  R.  and  G.  E.  IX.  July,  1874.  Mount  Desert. 
Me.,  1877.  Franconia.  N.  li.,  F.'S.Plympton.  1876.  Fay- 
ette Ridge.  Me.,  Miss  Kate  Furbish.  1877.  Onondaga  Co.. 
X.  v..  IVlrs.  Barnes.  1877.  Middlesex  Co.,  Mass..  G.  E.  I).. 
1S78.     North  Adams.  Mass..  Morandi.  Aug..  1878. 

Phegopteris  hexagonoptera,  Fkk. 

Groton  function.  ?  Mass..  (J.W.  Jenks.  1^72.  \  etmont.  C.  (i. 
Pringle,'  1873.     Tolland.   Mass..'  Mrs.   Piper.  1873-4.     Mid- 


dlesex Co.  (Medford).  Mass..  (J.  E.  I). 


1876. 


Phegopteris  Dryopteris,  Fek. 

Mt.  Washington.  N.  II.,  John  Robinson,  1865.  \'ermont. 
C.  (j.  Pringle,  1873.  Tolland,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Piper,  1874. 
Franconia.  N.H..  F.'S.  Plympton,  1876.  Fayette  Ridge.  Me., 
Miss  Jackson  and  Miss  Furbish.  1877.  Onondaga  Co.,  N.\'.. 
.Mrs.  Mvers.  1877.    North  Adams.  Alass..  Morandi.  Aug.  1878. 


Phegopteris  alpestris,  -Mi:tt. 

Sierra    Nevada,   altitude    7.500  ft. 


California.   Miller.  1873. 


w 


DAVF.XPORT    ItRRnARlUM. 


37 


N,    v.,   Mrs.  "Barnes, 
(virr.    itfcisum),    Clarence 


Mt.   Rose,  near  Webber  Lake    Cil       r   r'    r 

1875.  '"'"^*^' *-'"••  j- <^^.  Lemmon,  Aug., 

ASPIDIUM.    Swz. 
Aspidium  Lonchitis,  Swartz. 

VV'.If  A  ^">'  i^73-<^-  Nottawasagee,  C.  W  D  4  P 
VVatt.  Aspey  Ray,  Cape  Breton  {Poy^t/c/Zn  i/f^/tSi 
Lawson.  .ned.),  N.  S.,  A.  M.  McKay.  1S76  ^^'"^'^'^ 

Aspidium  acrostichoides,  Swartz. 

Alt.    I^atayette,    N.    II.,  Tohn  Robinson,  Aue     ,87^      Hi- 
ham,  Mass..  11.  VV.  Cnshino-    i«»t,        at- iVr''      />.•+•     "' 
G     En       ,S>7,       \v      1  !^'.     ?^-      ^I'^ltJlesex  Co.,  Mass., 
V        ;  ^•'    '>74-     Woodstock,  Vt.,  Mrs.  Piper      Chirloffr 
\  t.,    (z,«;..    ,„,,,,,„,,    oray  in  Ann.  Ivc.  N.  V.    ,    2^8)     C 
(t     Pnngle,    1874.     Onondaga    Co     V      x^  '  V,^'  ^-1°^'    ^• 
i«77.     Poughkeepsie.    X.     V 
Lown.  Oct..  1878. 

Aspidium  munitum,  Kaulf. 

is'2    Prof    t"."'"^''^    ^''''''''    (the  normal  fon^), 'gee'       2 
1^/2,  Pi  of.   John   xMacoun.     Ore<ron  •  ex    herb    /.l^^o   u?   ' 

s.>n,  ,873:  Howell,  (Willamette'fMeh      s.c  *  "^  r    t''^!"" 

S^nUa  CVnz.  Dr.  Anderson,  .874;  ^ft  Di.b^^'n^r'f'r''^ 
187J.  •  Pliinviv;  f  v>  /  '  .  'T'  "^  i-'iaoio,  Ur.  Gibbons. 
J^^/4.     nuinas   Co.    (z..,    /«r/.v...wvvv^/,,;,0 •     Mrs.   Austin, 

Aspidium  munitum. 

var.  nudatum,  D.  C.  Eatov    f^.n.  ^m  ^    ti.i.  25,  ng.  .0 

Cal.,    Sierras.  Miller.'i873.     Nev-ul'i   t..  ""^ "' ^"'"^ -^--^ P; ■««. 
Stout.  1876.      Pl..„..s  o/l^Mr^Auitin    ,87s         "'''''  ^^'^^ 

Aspidium  munitum. 

Plunr.fc./'^r'"/''^?''  ?•  ^"-  '-^'''"^■-     <^"  ^  '^ • '-  ««  v^ 
An^  1^8:*  •  ""•  ^^"^^'"'  '^77^  Sierras,   Mi^  Pdton. 

Aspidium  aculeatum,  Sw  ar  1/. 

Santa  Cruz.  Cal..  D,-.  Anderson,  1S74. 

Aspidium  aculeatum. 

V        var.  Braunii,  Do..,..  Kocm. 

•Near    Hrattlelxno.     \'t..     C     C      Frn^f      .y*. 


3 


28 


r.\TAI,(10trK    OF    TIIK 


Aspidium  Thelypteris,  Sw  aktz. 

Middlesex  Co.,   Mass..  G.  E.  I)..  1S73-4.     Miiimi.   inorida. 
Dr.  (jiirlKT,  1S77. 

Aspidium  Noveboracense,  Swaimz. 

Middlesex    Co.,    Mass.,  (J.  E.  !)..  1S73.     New  I'oiid.  Kli/a- 
i)ethto\vii.  Essex    Co.,    N.    \'.,  Mrs.  L'.  A.  Milliii<j;t()ii.  1872. 
(Tvry.    sij//vc()/c)/s),  I).  C.  Eaton. 
ica."  p.  ^o). 

Aspidium  Nevadense,  D.  C.  Ea  ion. 

Calitoniia  :   Sierras.    Miller.    1873: 
1875-6;   Mrs.  Austin.  ••Fern  Dell,' 


Ferns  of  North  Amer- 


Flinnas  Co. 
1876-7. 

Aspidium  patens,  Sw  a:<  r/. 

l'^iiter|)rise.  I'lorida,  C.    1-2.  Faxon.  April.  187;^, 
1  larrisburii'.   Dr.    [oor.    1875.      Santa    Barbara. 


Mrs.  A 


nies. 


Texas,  near 
Cal.,     Mrs. 


Cooper,  1876.      Miami.  I'Morida.  Dr.  (jarl)er.  June.   1878. 

Aspidium  fragrans,  Sw  Aurz. 

Wisconsin.  Dr.  l'arr\ .  (the  orij^inal  discoverx  in  America). 
1848.  Lower  wSt.  Lawrence  Ri\er.  Frof.  |ohn  Macoun, 
1870.  Isle  Royale  (ex  herb.  Stau'  I'niv.  Mich.).  Prof.  Ilar- 
rino-ton.  Donor.  1868.  Alpine  Cascade,  (Jorhani,  X.  M..  C. 
E.  Faxon.  1873.  Crvstal  Cascade,  White  Mts.,  X.  II.,  John 
Robinson  (Discovered  for  the  Hrst  time  in  New  En<^land 
at  this  localit\-  bv  Mr.  Robinson  in  i«65).  Aii^.,  1874.  Mt. 
Mansfield.  V't..  C.  (J.  Prin<rle.  1876-7.' 

Aspidium.  spinulosum,  SwAur;^. 

Concord,  Mass..  1873:  Fnrji^atory  Swamp.  Dedham.  Mass.. 
July.  1873:  Sonth  Braintree.  Newton  and  Hillerica,  Mass.. 
1874:  Middlesex  Co.  (Medford.  Maiden,  etc". ).  1877-8.  (;. 
li.  D.  Tolland.  Mass.  Mrs.  I'iper.  1873.  X'ermont.  near 
Charlotte,  C.  (i.  Prinj^le.  1874-5.  Me.!  near  Brunswick, 
Miss  Jackson  1877.  Lewis  Co..  N.  \'..  Mrs.  Barnes  (a 
very  curious  crested  form,  but  probai)lv  onlv  an  accidental 
state).  1877;  Oneida  Co..  Mrs.  M\ers.  1S77  :  ()noiida<>a  Co.. 
Mrs.  Rust,  1877,  ^I''^-  <Jirt<"<l.  i87,S.  Harwicli.  Mass.'.  Hen- 
ry L.  Motxlv.  1878. 

Aspidium  spinulosum, 

var.  dilatatum,  (in  a  v. 

\'ermont.    C.    (..     Prin^le.     1874.     JetVerson.     N.    11. .  1".    S. 
Plympton.  1877.      Oregon.  Howell.   1876. 

NoTi;.  —  In  my  paper  on  A.  sf^iiuihis/nii  and  its  varieties, 
American  Naturalist  tor  Noxember.  1878.  (XII,  714).  1 
was  led  into  an  error  by  assuming  that  as  tiie  ferns  in  (Jrax's 
Manual  were  elaborated  by  P rot".  ICaton.  all  names  without 
authorities  belon<>ed  to  him.  and  so  wrote  var.  iiilatatiiiii. 
I'vAi'ox.  but  I  find  in    Ciiapman's    Flora  (1865)  ot"  the  Soutltt- 


DAVKNPOIIT    MRRnAKIUM. 


39 

SO 


•*^P/^'T,  •^'"ericanum,  Damsn,.,,,,,,  a,„.  Nat.  1.  c 

Mis,  |acl<..,„'',,s;7  ;■„!'  /^-     V    V     ;,  ""l''""''^'''  ''^''-••• 

;-i  .■..;■..,»,,  KS77:''oncirc  ,';°^i,^^]•;,,^'7^,"»'■;f  ("-«- 

Aspidium  Boottii,   TrcKKKMA.v.      A.  r.„n>,„„,.  B.  v..   ^ 
K'^l-  !'p/t/ft/osjo/i,   var.  Banff//   Tin  v^-    \i         ""'•  "'«\i  N. . 

Hmnswick.?  Me..  Mis,  lacks.,,,,  ,877         '       '   ''■    '^    "' 

IWiail 

I    have    endeavored  Z  ie    '  H  e  e       t'd  Ue'r  th  "  '7{-  '"1'"' 

ot   Hnu.n-s  na.ne.  with  the   fol  oX  .it  ^  "*  '  t ':;:''"r^"" 

ar  as  ,t  appears  U:rn  all  accessible  :m  ho  Ls    h  tl mln^r 

Hraun  first  <liscovere<l  in  a  mountain  valle     .'e;^^  u  m        ^^ 

££1.^  «»5S7 -„,-&^TS,?^'^^ 

tT:..;;ra::u;^;^-'-i;i":^S':,:-:.rtti'' 

\  c,,uno,,no,     Fr,,i,uro-.  ,84y-,-„.     ()„  theotheHv  ,   1   T   . 


3"  rATAr.ootTR  or  the 

(Nova   Acta.    1858)  that  .J.  rcmotiim  had  nothiii};  whatever 
in  common    with    A.    HoottiL    and  as  his  opinion  was  hased 
on  a  careful  study  of  the  anatomy  of  the  two  phints,  it  is  enti- 
tled  to    the    very    hij^iiest  consideration.      In    the  face  of  the 
opinion  of  so  careful  and   thorough  an  investi«^ator  .'s  MiUle, 
it  is  extremely  unsafe  for  any  one  to  hazard  an  oppo  ite  opin- 
ion   without  a  most  careful   and   searchinjj  investijjation  con- 
ducted on  the  same  principles  as  thosi-  11      je  by  that    eminent 
Cryptofifamic   botanist;    hut  I  cannot   forl)ear  "expressin<^    the 
opinion  tiiat  some  of  the  external  characters  pointed  out  hy 
Milde  as  separatiu}^  the  two  ferns  are  not  alto<j;ether  reliable, 
as,   for   example,  the   comparati\e    lenj^th   of  the    stipe,    the 
chaffiness  or  stoutness  of  the  rachis.  and  the  deijree  of  pinna- 
tion  in  the  frond,  all  of  which  characters  certaiidy  vary  <,'reat- 
ly    in    dirterent    specimens   of  A.    lioottii.     The    ditVerence. 
however,  pointed  out  in   the  number  of  fibie-bundles  in  the 
stipe    of  yl.    rctnotutn    (7).    as    compared    with    the  similar 
structure   of  the  stipes  in  A.  spiiiiilosum  anti    its   forms    (5 
fibre-bundles),  is  a  most    important   one.  and    one  not  to  be 
lijjhtly  overlooked.      Accordinj^  to  Milde,  also,  the  indusium 
in  A.  remotiini  is.  without  j^lands,  whereas  in  A.  Boottii  \.\\{: 
indusium  is  finely  <r|andular.      Hut    as  these  <>:lands  frequently 
disappear  early,  and  are  not  always  present  afterthe  indusiuiii 
contracts,  we    cannot   tell  how  mucli   importance  to  attach  to 
-     Milde's  statement  without  knowinj^^  exactly  in  what  state  his 
specimens  were  when  examined.     Milde.  himself,  in  another 
place  when  speakinjij  of  yl.  spinulosnni  and  dHatatiini,  appar- 
ently rejfarded  the  presence  or  absence  of  jjlands  on   the   in- 
dusium as  unimportant.     I  shall  discuss  this  question  more  ful- 
ly hereafter  in  a  work    on   which  I  am  now   en<i[ajifed  (••  New 
Enjijland   Ferns   and    their    Allies")  ;     for   the   present   I    can 
oidy    say    that  the    specimen    of  A.    rcniotimi  at  L'ambridjre 
from  Hraun's    herbarium— the   ticket  is  apparently  in  Hraun's 
handwriting  and  bears  date    "  Aulich.  Sept.,  1859" — appears 
to  me  identical   with    our    A.  Boottiil     If  detached  from  its 
sheet  aiul  sent  out  tor  that  fern  it  would  be  generallv  receiveil 
without    question.      Hut    in    whichever    way    the  question  of 
identity  is  finally  decided,  its  determination  either  wav  cannot 
art'ect    the    position  of  Tuckerman's   name  which   dates  with 
Braun's    earliest    name     (vl.    rigidiim,    var.    rcniotiini    Al. 
JJHArx.   in  Doell's  Rheinische  B^ora.  1843),  and  is  the  oldest 
specific    name    on  record.     The    name     Aspidiutn     />ooft//\ 
Tl'CKEKMAN.  therefore,    must    remain  undisturbed. 

I  am. indebted  to  Mr.  .Serero  ^V'atson.  of  Cambridge,  and 
to  Prof.  Eaton  for  their  kindness  in  aiding  me  to  look  up  au- 
thorities. 


Aspidium  cristatum,  Swaktz. 

Purgatory    Swamp.    Dedham.  Mass. 
G.    E.    D.      Brunswick,    Me..  Aliss 
Co..  N.  v..  Mrs.  Myers.  1877. 


.    1S74.  Maiden.  1877-8. 
Jackson.  1877.      Oneida 


f>AVE\P01lX    lIKIlDAnil'.M. 


3» 


Fluri(ia  : 
villL-,  A. 
'S77;  St. 


Aspidium  cristatum, 
Aspidium  cristatum, 

'(-•rnaiidina.    C.    E     Favmi      I.\.k       t.  r     . 

11.  Cu„i,,.   KS77-  iJ,   c,,    'n'"??-';   >'=l""'"- 

»„S™-Tu  *,;;:;■  li^^,::^;;:-; -,::;';;-'  f  ^'-o-  - .,  .0,,,, 

to  A.  cnstatnm    hut  sm      n^J        r  '•  sf''>iiR  lesemblaiici. 

the  sterile  fronds  of  othe,'^:?;'  H 'r''^^  "'"  '"^  ->co.n,„o„  i„ 
*V..n,ls,  however,  are  e  v  cli  tL-t  "''  •'^'^r'-^"^-  '^'''^'  *'^''-t'''-' 
tVi.ctiHcatio,,.  tVcn  those^, '  i  .'■';P|''--'^'ll.v  in  their  mode  of 
those  who  have  .  (  c^...  ..:,  •  "-"^^^V!''  ""''  I  ="„  told  hy 
its  natural  s  Ue  ^  nt  k  am  ^ '''''"^''''^^ir  ''"■  "'^^^''^'"^  '*  ii^ 
cies   in  srowin,:.      As    h/^^^^^^^^^^  ^l'«erent  from  that  spe- 

to  mv  own  sati;  actio,;         elf?  '    n      7  ""'  '"vcstif^ated  this 
IVof.-  Eaton     anc    r.      n     h  ''''■  ^"  ^'^'^  J^'dKnient   of 

i;ttle  singular 'thL'Vio;;,:^^^-:-^  J 

shouhl   not  only  have    rejjarded    his     V^i//'    /•  " -^"^ '7) 

ins  an  i,l..,„i„    x     ";,*•/•         "'"'  "'"'■■'.v.  thus  :,ss„„,. 

as  e„  c.„,l,C"  "„f;(;";n.3'  •"  '-e  bee,,  e«c.„,led  so 
haHlH-c„  ,l,oh.a»,  <lc»,ve  ;•,,£,,  ..m'"-  """i''  "'"'''  ""-•''■■ 

".•  ehe  sa„K.  v,„ie,,  as  th.  p,c,c.„rfr„"  .,',•"  "«?' FiVrT'; 

'"■"  ■' y .V  i-c'  a  va',i;;.  of"::;:';.';,,^:!;:;;::',:!?,;'-  -i--- 

^^'"'^^^■.i^'^'S'T'r^K  Goldieanum,  H„okk„. 


Aa: 


I.       t^i^T^ 


33 


CATAl.or.iTR  ot    Tin; 


Aspidium  rigidum, 

var.  argutum,  i).  c  icaion.  in ••  nvm. ..i ih* si.mh wem." 

{.l.  a yiiiitu III,  K I . !•• . ) 
Ciilit'tiniia  :    Santa    Cni/,    Dr.    Anderson.    11^74;      Ahunrda, 
Dr.  (iihljons,  1S74  ;  San  Dicj^o,  Cleveland,  1S77  ;   Santa  Bar- 
bara, Mrs.  Cooper,  1S77  ;  Miss  I'elton  (^'ul)a  Co. .''),  1875-7. 
Oregon,  Willamette  .Slouch.  ?  Howell,  J875. 

Aspidium  PilijL-mas,  SwAitrz. 

Central  City,  Colorailo  (ex  herl).  State  Univ.  Mich.),  Dr.  J. 
T.  Scovill,  i86y.  Owen  Sonnd.  Ontario.  Ca..  Mrs.  Rov, 
1872.     Colorado.  IJrandet^ee.  1874. 

Aspidium  marginale,  Swakiz. 

Essex  Co..  Mass..  1873,  Middlesex  Co..  1874.  (i.  IC.  D. 
Swampscott,  Mass.,  (var.  c/ri^ans,  Rohinson.  Ferns  of  F,.s- 
sex  Co.,  Hulletin  of  the  Essex  Institute.  \'ol.  VII,  No.  3., 
Mch.,  1873),  John  Rohinson.  Charlotte,  \'ermont.  C.  (J. 
Prinjjle,  1874.  Janiesville,  Onondaj^a  Co.,  \.  \'.  {var,  lui- 
mtSy  Undehwoou,  in  litt. ),  L.  M.  Underwood,  1878.  Mr. 
Underwood's  variety  (see  Torrey  Club  Hnlletin.  \'l.  266).  is 
simply  a  yonn<j  state, of  the  plant  I 

Aspidium  unitum. 

var.  i^labrum,  Mkh. 

Melonville,  I'iorida,  C.  E.  Faxon,  Ajjril,  1873.  Lake  Mon- 
roe, Fla.,  J.  D.  Smith.  March.  1876. 

Aspidium  juglandifolium,  Kunzk. 

Me.xico.  ex  herb.  John  Roi)inson. 

STRUTHIOPTERIS.    Wmm.. 

In  this  ifemis.  and  the  next  three  <fenera.  onr  species  are  mostly 
Horeal  in  character,  inhahitint^  the  northern  part  of  the  I'nited 
States  at  hijjh  altitndes.  Striithiopteris  appears  to  he  most  abundant 
in  mountain  ravines,  but  occurs  sparinj^ly  in  comparatively  low 
moist  woodlands  in  eastern  Massachusetts  with  Onoclea.  althouj^h 
the  latter  belonj^s  more  properly  to  the  Appalachian  division,  with 
Cystoptvris  bidbifera  and    UOoc/s/a  ,Jif/tsa. 

The  W'oodsias  are  all  droufjht-endurinfj  species,  and  thrive  on  ex- 
posed surfaces,  or  in  clefts  of  hiyh  rock.  The  Cystopteris  seek  the 
more  shady  retirement  of  .sheltered  clefts  in  rock  near  cascades  ami 
waterfalls,  or  moist  stony  ravines.  The  delicate  C.  fraj^/Z/s  is  not 
unfrequently  seen  alon<;-  roadside  lianks.  or  by  the  side  of  old  stone 
walls  in  country  lanes. 


Struthiopteris  Germanica^,  \\'n.ij». 

Lincoln, Mass.,  G.  K.  D.,Sept.,  iii^;^^-6. 


Me.,  Miss  Jackson, 


DAVKXPOHT    UKIinAnil'M. 


.w 


1). 


ONOCLEA.     L. 
Onoclea  sensibilis,  i.. 

NNest  R«)xl)iirv  (now    Hostom    Vl.^v      \. 
ftisi/o6afa),  Mrs.  Rust..  kS;;.  ^  '  <^''''-  "'*■ 


CYSTOPTERIS. 


HiCKNU. 


Cystc^pteris  Iragilis,  JiKi.v,,. 

Ames  and  Mr  :^Au     n  *n   n  r^c.    r'"'.  S""-   '"^74;    Mrs. 

Miss  I'dl;.,:.  ^e  ,;.;:•  PiZOs^  ^ "  ''7'^-  V'"  ^'^'^"" = 

o    Lake  Super,,,,-,  Canada,  Maconn.    lulv  21      si/^'.'-  . 

'i'S;,,^:-,.:,;^- Tr, ^'- '<•:»'■  -^^  m..1  su  li,  l,;,,n  ""■ ; 

'ViTddif  laiK.aiK   caveiii  in  '•  Sli<.|f<.i-,wi  i.^  11    »  /    1  .  '    '"f^^'  '" 

;;.,  o,,  „.„„ ,.,  PH..-..  ,v.^'.  c:;l;r;:;,':''j;i;ii:;jjtr,!'c 

si.nplv  p  n       e        ,uls    ;'  to  S'  l!- "1  \''        >"'.''"'''^^     '''""'"'^'^^ 

£MUn.t.,et;!^/,i..::^;^^^^ 

v.H.ons  ot  uh.ch  are  .r>e<,.,larly  and  laciniately  cut" into' huil 


■jfliiiitraffiiCTai 


34  CATAi.ooiT.  or  rriK 

linear,  or  acutely  toothed  lobes  ; — var.  laciiiiata.  The  troiuls, 
on  being  held  up  to  the  lii^ht,  have  the  appearance  of  being 
finely  dissected,  though  in  reality  not  so.  This  form  is  well 
marked  and  diflerent  from  any  other  that  1  have  seen,  but  it 
runs  by  a  regular  gradation  into  the  norni  d  forms.  Miss 
Pelton's  BuHalo  specimens  and  Mr.  Pratt's  Xew  Hampshire 
specimens  are  identical  Ayith  C  tenuis,  Sciiott.  Hooker's 
var.  dciitata  appears  more  abundant  in  the  mountainous  re- 
gions of  California  than  elsewhere.  \\\A  in  a  species  so  vari- 
able as  this,  where  the  most  arbitrary  limitations  fail  to  fix  its 
characters  clearly,  it  does  not  seem  well  to  se])arate  into  var- 
ieties one  season  forms  that  may  escape  us  altogether  in  the 
next.  These  remarks  must  be  understood  as  applying  only  to 
the  external  manifestations  of  form  :  Moore  mentions  some 
orofanic  diflerences  which   I  have  not  had  time  to  in\estigate. 


Cystopteris  bulbifera,  Bkhnh. 

Lyndon.  \'t..  J.  W.   Congdon.  July.  1S73. 
C.  (j.  Pringle,  1874.     Onondaga  Co..  Airs. 

Cystopteris  montana,  Bi;kmi. 


Charlotte.  .-  Vt., 
Rust.  1S77. 


Lake  Superior,  Macoun.  1S67.       Lapland,   Prof.  Anderson. 
ex  herb.  D.  A.  P.  Watt.      Scotland,  ex  herb.  Mrs.  Roy. 


'if\ 


WOODSIA.    R.  Hk. 
Woodsia  Ilvensis,  R.  Bk. 

Melrose,  Mass..  1873,  Salem.  1874.  G.  E.  D.  Canada,  west 
of  Lake  Superior,  Macoun,  1S74.  Dedham.  Mass..  (».  \V. 
Humphrey.  1S76.  Vermont.  C.  C  Pringle.  1877.  New- 
York  Island.  Addison  Brown.  June.  1877. 

Woodsia  hyperborea,  R.  Bk. 

North  shore  of  Lake  Superior  (ex  herb.  J.  H.  Redtield).  Ma- 
coun. East  Canada.  I).  A.  P.  Watt  (ex  herb.  State  I'niv. 
Mich.).  Prof.  Harrington.  Donor.  Smugglers'  Notch.  \'t.. 
C.  G.  Pringle.  Aug.,  1876. 

Woodsia  glabella,  R.  Bk. 

Willoughby.  Vt.  :  Edwin  Faxon.  Sent..  1873;  C.  (i.  Pringle. 
Sept.,  1874.  Smugglers'  Notch.  Vt.  :  C.  Ci.  Pringle.  Aug.. 
1876-7;  C.  E.  Faxon.  1877. 

Woodsia  SCOpulina,  D-  C.  Eaton. 

Colorado:  Rev.  E.  L.  Greene,  187 1  :  Brandegee.  (Sangre  de 
Cristo)  1874;  Dr.  Parry,  1872-4;  Miss  Pelton,  1877.  Cal- 
ifornia, J.  Muir  (ex  herb.  Miss  Pelton).  1876.  Clefts  of  rock. 
Hot  Sulphur  Springs.  Middle  I'ark.  Colorado.  Addison 
Brown,  Aug.,  187S. 

Woodsia  Oregana,  D.  C.  Eaton. 

Colorado  :  (Sierra  Majuda,  ex  herl).  C.  E.  Faxon),  Brandegee. 


n.WKNPOin     IIKURAUIUM. 


35 


juMc.  1S73:.  W.  M.  Wilson,  ,87,-;  Miss  l»elt<,„    ,S-       VvJ 
terci   Falls."  .,„  path  to  P  W'  "^^j,     ^  dcS;    r'"T  r^'^'' 

Woodsia  obtusa,  Tokukv. 

-MifldlusL'x  Co..  Ci    F    n      iV^--,    -      I- 

NEPHROLEPIS.    Scu,,.. 

A  strictly  Tropical  ^.uus,  our  species  occurring,,  in  -low  rich  hnm 
nK,cks.  son.etnnes  on  the  cahha-a-  pahnetto."     Dr.  Ciarher,  I    c 

Nephrolepis  exaltata,  Scon. 

Indian   River.  Florida:   Dr.  I'alnicr   (ex  herl,    C    F    !,^ 
KS74=   f.  Oonncll  Smith.  Mch..  .S;;.^    V         ;  VV,     d'T"^' 


DICKSONIA.    [;n 


KIMT. 


J^^^  species  al.nn.lant  in  woodlands  .hron^hout   .he  Appalachian 

Dicksonia  punctilobula,  Kix^,:. 

-Middlesex  Co..  Mass..  (J.  K.  J)..  1872-4. 

TRICHOMANES.    S^,^n,. 
A   Tropical   o-enus.  onr  species  occinrino-  on  drippin-..  or  in   the 
sluded  retreatm,^.  crevices  of  overhan<.in,^r  ,;,,,.         '  '      "^  '"   "^' 

Trichomanes  Petersii,  (iuw. 

vj:T\^;:r ""'  ''"'■  "^="-  ^'•->-  •^'-'•'  Ai=...  t.  m. 

Trichomanes  radicaiis,  Suautk. 

\\  iMston  Co..    All     T     \r    i>  ,  ci 

^•.  i:.  I^.xon    a,,      T^/"C WU-.^   J^^l'yonson  Co.  (ex  heri;s. 

l^K•kcastleC.>     KentirVv    r  xl^-r/--    ""'"^''^>"   •^•''-^■-    ^^^74- 

V'*--  NMitii._k\.  John  \\  dhanison.  Nov..  1878. 

SCHIZJEA.     Smith. 

a..;' ^^HliedZd;  ""''•,  ''"''^"'-  ^"•-  ^"''^'"^  ^l^^'^'-  ^^-^'v  '-I. 
••iKi  conhmd  to  the  pnie  harrens  of  \e\v  [ersev. 

Schizaea  pusilla,  i^  kmi. 

E^SMiSk,;-  ^Mv  '?sr"^^^^  IY.^^'^^''-^'>-^^--=  Little 

''•tiin    Se  r'".t^^^"  M-  ";,L'-^S^'^^"=  Atsion  Bottom.  F.  Hour- 
.>,tim.  .Mpt..  ,873;   .M.ssKl.za  Hosmer.  Aw^..  1878. 


ir^-| 


!! 


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CATALOGUE    OF   TTIK 


ANEIMIA.    Swz. 


A  genus  mostly  confined  to  tropical  America,  but  our  two  species 
are  equally  divided  between  the  New  Mexican  and  Tropical  divisions. 

Aneimia  Mexicana,  Klotzsch. 

New  Mexico,  Dr.  Parry,  1853. 

Aneimia  adiantifolia,  Sw  Aurz. 

Biscayne  Bay,  Fla.,  Dr.  Palmer  (ex  herb.  C.  E.  Faxon),  1S74. 
Miami,  Fla.,  "shady  side  of  rocky  ledges,  open  pine  barrens," 
Dr.  (tarber,  June.  1S77. 

LYGODIUM.    Sw/. 

A  gemis  mostly  tropical,  but  our  species  Appalacliian  and  con- 
fined to  '•  low.  moist  thickets,  or  damp,  open  noods,  from  Massa- 
chusetts to  Eastern  Virginia,  and  even  Florida."  ("Ferns  of  North 
America,"  D.  C.  Eaton.  Part  I.)  Climbing  over  undergrowtli  of 
every  kind. 

Lygodium  palmatum,  vSwartz. 

Concord,  Mass.  :  Miss  Jane  Ilosmer.  1S73  ;  G.  E.  D..  1873-4. 
Kentucky,  "  Pi ney  Branch,"  Rockcastle  Co.,  John  William- 
son, Nov.,  1S78. 

Note. — The  discovery  of  this  beautiful  fern  in  so  many  lo- 
calities, and  inconsiderable  abundance,  relieves  us  of  any  fear 
for  its  immediate  extermination  through  the  greed  of  traders 
in  its  commercial  value  ;  yet  we  can  but  regard  the  practice 
of  gathering  every  scrap  of  its  beautiful  fronds,  in  and  out  of 
season,  and  with  an  utter  disregard  of  Nature's  provision  for 
nourishing  the  plant  from  season  to  season,  as  decided! v  rep- 
rehensible, and  as  a  practice  to  be  discouraged  in  everv  wav 
by  all  who  truly  appreciate  this  most  gracefid  of  all  of  our 
native  ferns.  From  this  practice  it  has  already  become  rare 
in  Concord,  Mass., — once  the  only  known  localitv  —  and  if 
this  be  persisted  in  too  long,  the  ultimate  extinction  of  the  spe- 
cies must  s\u'cl\'  follow. 


OSMUNDA.    E. 

A  genus  too  well  known  to  need  any  special  notice. 

Osmunda  regalis,  E.  • 

Middlesex  Co..  Miiss..  (».  E.  D.,  1874-^ 

Note. — Many  l)otanists  are  still  inclined  to  recognize  the 
so-called  var.  spectabilis^  founded  on  the  erroneous  supposi- 
tion that  our  American  plant  was  ditVerent  from  the  Europ- 
ean, the  segments  of  which  usually  iiave  auricled  bases,  but 
specimens  with  auricled,  truncate  and  oblique  bases  to  the 
pinnule,  on  the  same  plant,  and  e\en  on  the  same  frond,  are 
not  uncommon  here. 


i  llf- 


DAVENPORT    IIElinAimrM. 


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Osmunda  Claytoniana,  L. 

Loufjwoocl.  Mass..G.  E.  I)..Ji,ne,  1S74. 

Osmunda  cinnamomea,  L. 

iiT;,:t";r  ,1;.';':!;?.'^  t"";'.  r-/'-'-  - 

G_L.  D.     Neuton.  Mass.  (tVondosa  forn..);i^{s   Pln^i^tc;!,: 


BOTRYCHIUM.    Su;.. 

The  st.h-onler  Ophioglossace^e,  which  comprises  the  present   uid 
the  next  ^enus,  is  represented    by  one  or  more  species   n   .e  r  J 
ot  our  c,eo,n-aphicaI  ch's  isions.     The  various  species  are   o  rsoth 

1. nines,  Kuel^    in   deep  woods.      I  a^ree   with  Mr.  Robinson  in  the 

opnuon   expressed  in  his  recent  paper  in  '-Science  News"  (Bot'. 

ch.    not  terns,  by  John   Robinson.   Science  News,  Vol.  I,  No  !   n 

^>) ,  dK.t  the   i^otrychiums  and  Ophio^Iossums  are  rather  to  b;^': 

ulered  as   tern-alhes   than   as  true  ferns,  but  I  retain  the  commonly 

cce.ved  class.Hcation   here  tor  the  c.>nvenience  of  the  preserCa tt 

<>..c    and    reserve  an  expression  of  nn  views  for  a  work  on  '  ^. 

I-V.^land  iH-rns  and  their  Allies"  which  I  have  in  contemplation. 

Botrychium  simplex,  fliTcn. 

(L.nbracino;  the  diHerent  forms    simplichsiwmn  L  vsch   /,. 

'»nLi.    luuL,    lb/ 1.      Wyommor  Territory.  Dr 

tsactlv  ,vl,i,t  I  l„„  e  il,.«, ,  ihcl  here.  ^'^  *'""''''  '">'  "«"  'I>»1  '"m  «a» 


3« 


c  at.m.oc.it;  oi    tup. 


,877. 

1878. 


I'anv,  1S73.  River  Head,  Lonj;  Island.  N.  Y..  I-:.  S.  Millc-r. 
Juuc  13.  187;^.  \<)scmitc.  Cal.,  ].  Miiir.  c\  lu-rb.  Miss  l\'l- 
ton.  Ciiailottf,  \'t..  C.  (i.  Priiij^le.  lunc,  1877.  "John 
Jirown's  tract,"  North  Woods,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y..  enihiacinj^ 
some  curions  ahnornial   tonus.  Mis.  liarnes.  |ulv  anl  Anj^ust. 

Berhn.   Mass.,    K.   .S.   Wheeler    and"  (T.  E.  iX.jiine. 

Lewis  BlniV.  I^ake  Ontario.  5  miles  west  of  ()swe<^o. 
Rev.  |.  Herman  Wihhe.  jnne.   1878. 

Botrychium  boreale,  Mh.di;. 

Credited  to  I  nalasUa.  specimens  tVom  .Sweden,  ex  herb. 
Acad,  of  .Stockholm.  A.  II.  Cnrtiss.  Donor,  witii  tracin<;^s 
from  specimens  in  tiie  Kew  1  lerharinm.  C.  (».  l*rin<j;le.  Donor. 

Botrychium  Lunaria,  .SwAurz. 

Isle  Royale.  Mich.  :  1869.  ex  herb.  .State  l'ni\ .  Mich.,  Prof. 
Harrin<fton,  Donor:  Henry  (lillman,  An<>'.,  1873.  Jamesville 
Road,  near  .Syracnse.  N.  \'.,  Miss  Jane  llosmer,  Mrs.  Rust, 
and  Mrs.  Barnes.  June,  1872-8.  British  America,  west  of 
the  Rocky  Mountains.  Maconn.  1876.'  North  shore  of  Lake 
Superior.  Macoun.  e\  herb.  I).  A.  B.  Watt.  Oxford,  Con- 
necticut, Oscar  Ilaif^ar.  [une.  1878.  West  Cornwall.  Comi., 
Dr.  F.  W.    Hall.  June.  '1878. 

Botrychium  matricariajfolium,  A.  Bum  \. 

Woodstock,  Vt.,  Mrs.  l*iper.  1873.  Western  Vermont.  A. 
B.  Morgan.  1874,  C.  (i.  Bringle.  Donor,  (ioshen,  Conwav 
and  Deertield,  \Iass.,  H.  (LJesuj).  1873-5.  Favette  Ridjije. 
Me..  Miss  Furbish.  1874.  'I'oUand.  Mass..  Au<i;ust.  187^  : 
Sandislield.  1876-7.  Mrs.  Biper.  Lewis  Co..  N.  ^■..  ^Irs. 
Barnes  (inchidiiii^  Milde's  varieties  su/j-i>tti'i>rtim  •a\u\  com- 
positioii ;  also  Anj^stnim's  var.  rotiiiufilobiti}!,  with  manv  rare 


al)normal  forms) .  1876-8.      Onondaga  Co..  Mrs.    Rust, 


1875. 


Tolland,  Mass.. 
Y..  Mrs.  Mvers. 


Botrychium  lanceolatum,  A\(;sti!om. 

•Sudbury,  Mass..  (i.  iC.  D..  Jnlv.  1873-4. 
Mrs.  Biper.  July.  1S73-6.  ()nei(la  Co..  \, 
1877. 

Botrychium  ternatum,  '>\\\\\\/.. 

Yellowstone  Bark.  Lower  Teton  Lake.  Havden's  expedition, 
ex  herb.  I).  C.  ICaton.  Califoniia  :  Miller.  1873:  Mrs.  Aus- 
tin. BlumasCo..  1876-7.  Old  pa-^tures  near  Brattleboro.  \'t.. 
C.  C.  Frost.  1873.  ( Jcon^etown.  Mass.,  Mrs.  Horner,  Sept.. 
1874-5.  Concord.  Mass.,  G.  I'].  D..  1874.  .Shelburne.  \.  IL, 
C.  IC.  Faxon.  l?ritish  Americ.i.  west  of 
Macoun.  1876.  Onondai^a  Co..  \.  \'., 
Lewis  Co..  N.  \'..  Mrs.  Barnes,  .\u;^.. 
Co.,    N.    ^^.  Mrs.   Mvers,  1877.      i'^avette 


l'\nbish.     18 


II- 


Newton,    Mass.,     I\    ,S. 


North  Adams.  Mass..  Morandi  and  I'rohock 


Rocky  Moimtains. 

Mrs."  Rust.  1875. 
187^-7.  Madison 
Rid-e.    Me..  Miss 

Blympton.     1877. 


187S. 


DAVENPORT    irERnAnilTM. 

.h'?;!/'- ~}^'-i''  *•''«,  h««^I  I  have  included  var 


39 


Botrychium  ternatum, 

«    .1  .Y^r.  lunarioides,  Mim>k. 

Nnith  Carolina  (iJ.V.M.)?  ex  hm-S   PK:i    iii-      a       . 

of  Science,  [.  II    Rc.iHeld  TW        x'       'I'l'^f''''^'''  ^C'^^'cmv 

Botrychium  ternatum, 

\,v  1 ,.  ^^^-  obliquum,  MiLDE. 

Middlesex  and  Norfolk  (Lmnities,  Mass.,  G    E    D      ,S^,    - 
Vermont,  near  Hrattlehoro,  C.  C.  Fro;      iS-. '     ^'.    .?^  ^^• 
N.  II.,  C.  E     Fivon        (\  T;   ^'•^-     ^^'lelhurnc, 

Sept.,    87;      Esiv  Co    V  I    ^T?"'  ^^*'^'''-  M''«-    ""'-"cr 

J.  L.  «ennett,^';8Vs,  w!-V^:Stai";y:it;or  ''""'^  •^^'^'■^->' 

Botrychium  ternatum, 

var.  dissectum,  Mh.de. 

Essex  Co.,  Mass.,  John  Robinson,  Sept.,   1S74 
Alass.,  Mrs.  Piper,  1872.     Lonj.  Is  a.K     N    \^\ 
1873.    Fayette  Ridge,  Me.,  Miss  Furbish    ,'877' 

Botrychium  Virginianum,  Swartz. 

Calitornia,    Miller.    \R^i       n..i.    f(^\    1       x    ^  , 
Mass.,  G.  E    D     Tune    rS'.,   :       ( V'^''' ^'^'O    Island,  Revere, 
<r|e      k^^  r       x;'-^    r*-'  '^73-4-      Charlotte,  Vt.,  C.  G    Prin 
S'*-,    ^874-5.     ^^'oodstock,    Vt.    (var    p-rar,/.       n  ^' 

Onondaia  C  N  Y  rA>  ^  "v  ^''''■'  ^'■'-  ^'P'^'"'  '^74- 
Mrs.  Basnet"  M^;  4t Cff  m"J.  ',  j"^'"  ^T/;  '^^  ' 
ango  Falls)     1877      mJ     TU-       t'   .  *  ^"'''''^""<'   (^hitten- 

i«77.     l^>  iiddS,^;ie  N  \^'ri  •^"''^'T  ""^'  ^■^'^  Furbish, 
//  "^'"'■^4'*'><-.  iN.  1.,  Clarence  Lown,  1S78. 

OPHIOGLOSSUM.  L. 
Ophioglossum  vulgatum,  L. 


Falmouth, 
S.  Miller, 


Hinsham,  Mass.,   II.   VV.  Cushine; 


1873.      Heverly,  Mass. 


Ophioglossum  bulbosum,  Micnx.  ^'* 


4° 


CATAI-OGUE    OF    TIIK    DAVENPonT    IIKRnARU'.Nr. 


OphioglosBum  nudlcaule,  L.  ni. 

(^uincy,?    Florida.   Ur.   Chapman.     Lew  Co..   Fla.   ("l)or- 
(lers  of  pine  barren  poiuls").  I)v.  (Jarhcr.  Xoveniher.  1S77. 

Ophioglossum  palmatum,  Fumikk. 

Upper  Caloosahatcliie    Kiver.   Florida,   trunk 
metto,  J.  Donnell  Smith,  Mch..  1S7S.     lira/il. 
Sir  Joseph  Dalton  Hooker.  Donor. 

XoTK. — The    tollo\vin<i,'  interestinj^  r 
ceivecl  tVom   Capt.  Smith,  may  pa'tu 
of  this    fern.        ■"  1    certaiidy    searchec 

manv  hundreds  of  palmettos  along  the  80  miles  course  of 
the  Caloosahatcliie  River.  The  only  condition  that  [  can 
surmise  as  pecidiar  for  its  jrrowth  where  1  found  it  is  that  that 
particular  locality  had  not  heen  rav;i<^ed  by  the  ainiual  Jirca 
whicii  sweep  over  nearly  all  the  regions  where  cattle  are 
herded.  In  mv  opinion  these  fires  ha  e  had  an  important  in- 
tluep'-e  in  limiting  the  growth  of  the  more  tender  forms  of 
])lant  life  (especially  Musci  and  Ilepatita-)  and  lia\e  probably 
exterminated  some  species  in  such  localities  " 


of  Sabal   Pal- 
ex  Kew  herb. 


'f^  from  a  letter  re- 
lain  the  scarcity 
.ligently    for    it    on 


P  1;! 

I 

I  lllll! 


SPKCIES  DOUBTFULLY  AMERICAN 


1 


IN    TIIF     IIERHARirM 


Cheilanthes  argentea,  iiookkr. 

Credited  to  Alaska,  doubtfidly.  .Specimen  from  China,  kind- 
ly donated  bv  Wm.  "Edwards  of  South  Xatick.  India.  John 
Robinson.  Donor. 

Phegopteris  calcarea,  J.  sm. 

Said  to  have  been  found  bv  Mr.  J.  L.  licnnelt.  near  Provi- 
dence. R.  I.  (Plants  of  Rhode  Island,  Hemiett.  ined.).  but 
needs  confirmation.  My  specimens  are  from  (iermany  and 
ijigland.  T-  E.  Bennett  and  Mrs.    Rov.  Donors. 


XoTi:. —  I  have  received  from  Miss  Reynolds  of  .St.  Augustine.  Fla., 
specimens  of  an  yVliantum.  collected  on  the  Halifax  River  in  1877. 
that  may  prove  to  be  Adiajititm  tencnmi.  .Swz..  or  some  closely 
allied  species,  but  as  the  material  at  hand  is  too  meagre  to  permit  of 
a  positive  identiHcation.  I   withhold  it  for  the  present. 


APPENDIX. 


Doiihtf 


III  s 


pecies.  and  species    enoiieoiisl 


embraced  in  tliis  Cat:d()«ri,e. 

Polypodium  Madrense,  J.  s 

Credited  to  Siena  MadiV. 

Gymnogramme  tartarea.  i) 


y  attrilnited  to  the  liinit> 


MITll. 


Credited  to  New  M 


|.;s\- 


exico. 


Gymnogramme  podophylla,  IIookku. 

Ci edited  to  New  Mexico  and  Rio  (irande. 

Pteris  pedata,  L. 
Adiantum  ^thiopicum,  L. 

Asplenium  marinum,  L. 

land.  "iiinanon.     My    specimens  are  from    Enjr. 

Aspidium  Californicum,  D.  c.  i:a  i ox 

'  '"''='''1^  fonnded  on  some  form  of  ../.'  aru/nr/u,,,.  Svv^ 

Aspidium  Ludovicianum,  Kvszv 

A  prr.ahle  fon„  „f  ,/.  /7.;vV  A,. .;,,,,.  or  A./>a/rus> 

Pellffia  (Allosoms)  mucronata,  D.  c.  Mvton    ,„d 
Pellsea  longimucronata,  iIcokkh.  ' 

Sometn.es  <,ivei:.  are  identical  with  7,  HW^/.//....  HooKru 

Pellaea  bella,  Haki;k. 

A  prol>able  form  <.f  />.   ()r„Mo/,„,.,  TIookrr. 

Pellsea  ternifolia,  Fkk. 


mmmummi 


APPKXniX. 

confused  with  it.  Prof.  Eaton  writes  me  that  he  lias  not  seen 
any  really  good  and  nnquestionablc  specimens  ot"  /'.  tcrni- 
folia  from  our  limits,  but  that  some  forms  of  P.  Wrii^ht- 
iana  mij^ht  very  well  pass  for  it.  The  species  is  li«>iired  in 
Ic.  Fil.  t.  126,  and  in  Fil.  Exot.  t.  15,  where  it  appears  as 
a  very  distinct  fern. 


INTRODUCED   SPECIES. 


I  IHii! 


Adiantum  CUneatum,  Langs  and  Fiscii. 

Established  at  Valley    Falls,   R.  I.  (Plants  of  Rhode  Island, 
J.  L.  Bennett,  ined.) 

Note. — The  appearance  of  a  tropical  fern  growin";  in  the  open 
air  so  far  north  as  Rhode  Island,  sug<(ests  the  possibility  of 
other  species  becoming  established,  under  favorable  conditions, 
cither  through  accident,  or  design,  within  our  limits.  Pteris  serru- 
lata  in  Alabama  seems  so  great  an  anomaly,  that  our  first  thought  is 
to  account  for  its  presence  there  by  supposing  it  to  have  escaped  in 
sonic  way  from  cultivation,  or  to  have  been  placed  there  designedly  ; 
but  there  is  no  evidence  as  yet  to  show  that  it  is  not  there  naturally, 
nor  is  there  really  any  thing  strange  in  the  presence  of  a  tropical 
species  anywhere  within  tropical  regions,  provided  the  conditions 
are  favorable  to  its  growth.  But  in  the  present  example  we  have 
the  still  greater  anomaly  of  a  species  strictly  tropical  growing  within 
our  northern  region,  and  there  can  be  no  probability  of  its  being 
there  naturallv.  One  might  sooner  expect  to  find  A.  Capillus  \'c- 
iieris  growing  naturally  in  Massachusetts,  as  that  species  extends  in- 
to temperate  regions,  and  with  us  acquires,  in  Utah,  a  constitution 
sufHciently  hardy  to  endure  our  Massachusetts  winters  with,  and 
possibly  without  protection.  But  there  is  not  the  slightest  probabil- 
itv  of  its  being  found  naturally  in  any  part  of  New  England,  al- 
though the  result  of  my  experience  in  growing  plants  of  it  from 
Utah  in  the  open  air,  in  Medford,  for  three  years  is  sufficient  to 
show  that  it  may  be  introduced,  and,  perhaps,  under  right  condi- 
tions, become  established  in  Eastern  Massachusetts.  There  is  a 
wide  field  for  experiment  in  the  introduction  of  foreign  ferns  into 
our  limits,  and  of  western,  Californiaii,  and  even  southern  species 
into  our  eastern  States,  as  well  as  in  the  transposition  of  species 
from  one  region  to  another,  and  such  experiments  would  not  oidy 
giv^'  pleasure,  but  increase  our  knowledge  of  the  character  and  habit 
of  the  diflerent  species  of  ferns. 


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